Abhimanyu Easwaran will play in Chattogram as part of a two-match series against Bangladesh . The Bengal team captain is yet to make his India team debut .
Starting December 14, Abhimanyu Easwaran, the Bengal team captain who is yet to make his India team debut, will play in Chattogram as part of a two-match series against Bangladesh.According to ESPNcricinfo, the selectors are still waiting for the BCCI medical staffs to give a final assessment of Rohit Sharma's left thumb injury during the second ODI.Rohit returned to Mumbai on Wednesday to visit a BCCI-designated expert.The squad's board is confident that he will be fine before the second Test, which starts at Mirpur on December 22.
In his two innings, he made scores of 141 and 157 against a field that included several Test players.In addition to winning Player-of-the-Match, India A gained a lead of almost a century and 123 runs to defeat by an innings and 123 runs.Easwaran is accustomed to playing in Bangladesh because he regularly competes in the Dhaka Premier League.In Bangladesh this year, he competed for Prime Bank in the 50-over club championship.Nevertheless, his performances for India A on the shadow tour were what really demonstrated his versatility.Easwaran was a member of the Indian Test squad last year and was instrumental in his success. Overall, his first-class numbers are impressive, with a maximum of 233 and a total of 5576 runs in 134 innings at an average of 45.33.Following a fruitful Ranji Trophy season in 2018-19, in which he posted 861 runs at an average of 95.66, he made it into the India-A squad.Despite a drastic decrease in his performances in 2019-20, when he only ran 258 runs at 17.20, his popularity allowed him to remain on selector's radars.JoSaavn.com's website.If the Indian captain is excluded from the test matches, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill are expected to start.