Doha: India A will want a heftier contribution from their top-order batters to assist the in-form Vaibhav Suryavanshi once they tackle a difficult Bangladesh A of their Rising Stars Asia Cup semifinal right here on Friday.

Suryavanshi, the second highest run-maker with 201 runs on this T20 occasion, has completed many of the heavy-lifting with the bat whereas making a blistering hundred and 45.

However different batters within the line-up akin to skipper Jitesh Sharma, Naman Dhir, Priyansh Arya and Nehal Wadhera haven’t precisely set the event ablaze thus far.

A much more rounded outing from batters is obligatory in opposition to Bangladesh because the latter just isn’t a workforce to be taken frivolously.

They’ve bowled out a succesful Afghanistan A aspect, which included Allah Ghazanfar and Sediqullah Atal, for a paltry 78 after which stretched a powerful Sri Lanka A all the best way until the final over of a league match.

So, India must get their act collectively in opposition to pacer Ripon Mondol and left-arm spinner Rakibul Hasan, latest additions to Bangladesh’s senior T20 sides. India’s bowling, nevertheless, has been in prime form on this event. Left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh is the main Indian bowler with 5 wickets from three outings.

Gurjapneet has acquired cheap backing from left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey and leg-spinner Suyash Sharma, who’ve taken three wickets apiece from as many matches. Dubey has additionally proven his utility as a batter, making a fifty in opposition to Oman in a must-win sport when he bought a promotion to No. 4. “I had began as an opener and I do know that batsman remains to be there inside me. I wished to transform this opportunity (in opposition to Oman). We wish to play the type of sport that we performed in opposition to the UAE and Oman, and we’re assured of profitable the trophy for the workforce,” Dubey instructed bcci.television.