The BCCI on Friday announced the Indian team for the Test series against Australia, making major changes to the existing squad. Mohammed Shami could not recover in time and Kuldeep Yadav has been dropped from India's 18-member squad. Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana and Abhimanyu Easwaran are contenders for their first Test captaincy. KL Rahul has retained his place in the team, who was dropped from the playing XI for the ongoing third Test against New Zealand in Pune.
Abhimanyu Easwaran
Bengal's Abhimanyu Easwaran is constantly proving himself in domestic cricket. He was ignored for the Test series against New Zealand. Easwaran was given a place in the Indian team many times. However, he could not make his debut in Test cricket. This time Easwaran may get a chance to debut. Abhimanyu Easwaran has also got a place in the India A team. In such a situation, Abhimanyu Easwaran will have a chance to prove himself before the Border Gavaskar series. The captaincy of India A has been handed over to Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Abhimanyu Easwaran career
Abhimanyu Easwaran performance in first class cricket, he has played 99 matches so far. During this time, he has scored 7638 runs in 169 innings at an average of 49.92 and a strike rate of 53.85. Ishwaran has also scored 29 half-centuries and 27 centuries in first class cricket. His highest score in this format is 233 runs.
Abhimanyu Easwaran's List A career, he has scored 3847 runs in 86 innings of 88 matches. During this, his average has been 47.49 and strike rate 82.78. Easwaran has 23 half-centuries and 9 centuries to his name in List A cricket. His highest score in this format is 149 runs.
Abhimanyu Easwaran's T20 career has also been excellent. He has scored 976 runs in 33 innings of 34 matches. His average in this format of cricket is 37.53 and strike rate is 128.59. Easwaran has 5 half-centuries and 1 century in the T20 format. His best score in T20 is 107 not out.
Indian Squad for Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Reserve Player: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed
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