27 centuries, average of 50, heaps of runs in domestic cricket… finally this player got 'justice'

Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024: The 18-member Indian team has been announced for the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Many young players like Abhimanyu Easwaran, Harshit Rana and Nitish Reddy have been selected in the team for this series which is going to start from 22nd November. Many of these players will tour Australia for the first time. Bengal opener Easwaran has more than seven thousand runs to his name in domestic cricket and will travel with the team against Australia as a reserve opener along with Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Easwaran has been ignored many times

This is not the first time that Easwaran has got a place in the national team. Easwaran has also been included in the Indian squad before, but he has not got a chance to make his Test debut till now. In such a situation, this time it is expected that this batsman who has scored 27 centuries in domestic cricket will get a chance to debut. Easwaran's highest score in domestic cricket is 233 runs.

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Squads for India's tour of South Africa & Border-Gavaskar Trophy announced #TeamIndia , #SAvIND , #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Z4eTXlH3u0

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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2024

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Such is Abhimanyu's record in domestic cricket?

Easwaran has been one of the most successful batsmen in domestic cricket, with an excellent record in the Ranji Trophy and other tournaments. His ability to score big and handle the innings has made him in the national team. Easwaran has so far played a total of 99 first class, 88 List A and 34 T-20 matches in domestic cricket.

He has scored 7638 runs in 169 innings of first class cricket at an average of 49.92, while in 86 innings of List A he has scored 3847 runs at an average of 47.49. In the 34 T20 matches that Easwaran has played so far, he has scored 976 runs at an average of 37.53.

India's team for Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.

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