#easwaran

The calls for Abhimanyu Easwaran’s inclusion in the national setup, especially in Tests, have always been loud, and India’s drubbing at home against South Africa amplified them further. The domestic stalwart, however, has tuned out all the noise and stayed focused on leading Bengal by example. In a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy clash on Sunday, he showed that he was no one-trick pony against a Punjab…

The India A top order got some much-needed batting practice on the final day of the four-day game against England Lions at Canterbury. Both sides scored in excess of 550 in their first innings and after conceding a first-innings lead of 30 in the drawn fixture, Abhimanyu Easwaran (68), Yashasvi Jaiswal (64), Dhruv Jurel (53 not out) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (52 not out) did their chances no harm as…

India A batters enjoyed their time on a placid batting track with all the top four batters helping themselves to half-centuries as the first unofficial ‘Test’ against England Lions ended in a draw here on Monday. After England Lions ended their first essay on a healthy 587, 30 runs more than India A’s first innings score of 557, Yashasvi Jaiswal (64 off 60 balls), skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran (68…

Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead the India A side during their forthcoming tour to England, ahead of the five-match Test series of the senior side. The selectors have extended their faith in the 29-year-old Easwaran despite his poor returns during the A team’s tour to Australia last year, ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Easwaran, who has yet to represent the national side, returned…

Abhimanyu Easwaran may well have applied his takeaways from his cherished chat on single-mindedness with Cheteshwar Pujara, as he anchored his team’s innings with attritional batting at the Rural Development Trust (RDT) Stadium B-ground on Saturday. His unbeaten 143 (262b, 12×4, 1×6) helped India-B end the third day of the second-round Duleep Trophy match on 309 for seven, still 216 runs behind…

India A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat. India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal,…