Never played a match for Team India, now scored 34th century, will the selectors ever give him a chance?

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|14-09-2024

India B captain Abhimanyu Easwaran has scored a brilliant century in the fourth match of Duleep Trophy 2024. This is the same Abhimanyu Easwaran who plays for Bengal in domestic cricket and has been selected in the Indian Test team many times. But he never got a chance to debut. Abhimanyu Easwaran has once again caught everyone's attention with his batting. His team has star players like Mushir Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Rinku Singh and Nitish Reddy. He has once again left his mark while playing amidst all this.

Abhimanyu Easwaran hit his 34th century

Abhimanyu Easwaran performed brilliantly against India C in this match.

India C had scored 525 runs while batting first in the match. In such a situation, the team needed a good start. Abhimanyu Easwaran has played a captaincy innings on this occasion. He completed his century on 175 balls. Till the time of writing the news, he had scored an unbeaten 135 runs on 237 balls. Let us tell you, this is Abhimanyu Easwaran's 34th century in domestic cricket. He has played important innings on many occasions, but he is still waiting for his debut for Team India.

Strong performance in domestic cricket

Abhimanyu Easwaran has performed very well in the last few years.

He has played 96 first class matches, 88 List A matches and 34 T20 matches so far. In his first class career, he has scored runs at an average of more than 47. He has scored more than 7000 runs so far, which includes 29 half-centuries and 24 centuries. At the same time, in List A, he has scored 3847 runs at an average of 47.49 and with the help of 9 centuries. Talking about T20, he has scored 976 runs at an average of 37.53 and with the help of 1 century. He was last selected in the Indian Test team on the Bangladesh tour in the year 2022.
But he did not get a chance to debut. Then he was included in the squad as a replacement.

These star batsmen were flops

Apart from Abhimanyu Easwaran, many star batsmen of the team flopped. Mushir Khan could score only 1 run off 15 balls, while his brother Sarfaraz Khan was out after scoring 16 runs off 55 balls. The first innings was also not special for Rinku Singh, he lost his wicket after scoring 6 runs off 16 balls. On the other hand, Nitish Reddy also returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs off 11 balls.

But he did not get a chance to debut. Then he was included in the squad as a replacement.

These star batsmen were flops

Apart from Abhimanyu Easwaran, many star batsmen of the team flopped. Mushir Khan could score only 1 run off 15 balls, while his brother Sarfaraz Khan was out after scoring 16 runs off 55 balls. The first innings was also not special for Rinku Singh, he lost his wicket after scoring 6 runs off 16 balls. On the other hand, Nitish Reddy also returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs off 11 balls.

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