India vs Bangladesh Test series- Who is Abhimanyu Easwaran? Rohit Sharma is certain to miss the last match of the ODI series and is now doubtful for the two-match Test series. In absence of Rohit Sharma, Abhimanyu Easwaran has been named as the cover. The Bengal skipper is currently leading India A in Bangladesh. With twin centuries on the A-tour, he could make his international debut in the 1st Test. Follow India vs Bangladesh LIVE with InsideSport.IN.
Who is Abhimanyu Easwaran? Dehradun-born India-A, Bengal skipper set to make senior Test debut in two-match India vs Bangladesh series, Follow IND vs BAN LIVE updates
Abhimanyu Easwaran is a well-known name in the Indian domestic circuit. He currently plies his trade with the Bengal Ranji team. The 25-year-old top-order batsman has been consistently performing on the domestic circuit over the years. He had the opportunity to lead the Bengal team on multiple occasions.
According to Sportstar report, Easwaran first came to Kolkata with his father when he was just 11 years old. Coached by Nirmalya Sengupta, the opening batsman played in a lot of local tournaments and got selected in the U-16 and U-19 teams of Bengal. He eventually made his Ranji Trophy debut and later became captain of Bengal. After making the Ranji team the Dehradun-born cricketer has been knocking on the selectors’ door by consistently scoring runs in the domestic circuit.
Abhimanyu Easwaran in domestic cricket
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100s | 50s |
| FC | 77 | 133 | 5419 | 233 | 44.41 | 51.23 | 17 | 23 |
| List A | 78 | 76 | 3376 | 149 | 46.24 | 82.22 | 7 | 21 |
Easwaran was first called into the Indian squad for the World Test Championship Final last year played between India and New Zealand. He was named as one of the four standby players for the WTC. The opener captained the Bengal team to the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy only to come up short against Saurashtra.
India squad for the Bangladesh Test: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav.
Easwaran could replace Rohit as the cover, while Umran Malik or Bengal seamer Mukesh Kumar, might take the injured Mohammad Shami’s spot in the team. Saurabh Kumar could replace Ravindra Jadeja
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