New Delhi. On the second day of the Bengaluru Test, when the Indian innings collapsed for 46 runs against swing bowling, many cricket experts remembered Abhimanyu Easwaran. A few days ago, when Team India was announced for the three Test matches, everyone was surprised when the name of one batsman was not there. This batsman is Abhimanyu Easwaran. Abhimanyu Easwaran, who was a part of the Indian team on the tour of Bangladesh, England and South Africa, said in an exclusive conversation with News 18 India that he would like to remain silent on the issue of selection but his bat will keep talking.
Debut in Australia as Gill and Pant want to do
Abhimanyu, who was constantly being neglected by the selectors, scored 979 runs at an average of 122 in the seven first-class matches played this year. Abhimanyu himself also believes that the year 2024 is going to be the best year of his career and he is hoping that if he gets a chance on the Australia tour, he would like to cement his place in the team by performing like Shubman Gill and Pant.
Shot selection and sweep shot are the main weapons
Abhimanyu gives credit for his success this year to his hard work. After two and a half months of rehab in NDA after hamstring injury, Abhimanyu did a lot of work on shot selection and strike rate in his batting this year.. Mention of innings played in Irani Trophy. While doing this, Abhimanyu Easwaran said that now he understands the demands of today and said that he sweated a lot to play sweep and back foot against spin, which is benefiting him.
I watch Virat Rohit's videos
Further in the conversation, Easwaran said that before every match, he prepares himself for the match by looking at the pitch conditions and most importantly by looking at the innings of Virat and Rohit. Abhimanyu Easwaran, who has toured England under Virat's captaincy and South Africa under Rohit's captaincy, said that apart from being great players, both are great captains and he learned a lot during the nets session with them, which will benefit him in India A matches. found in
It is difficult for Bumrah to play even in the nets
In an exclusive conversation with News 18 India, Abhimanyu Easwaran admitted that it is very difficult for Jasprit Bumrah to play during the practice session of the Indian team. Recently, Bumrah is swinging the ball in both directions with a single action, which is very difficult to catch. One specialty of Bumrah is that he bowls in the nets with the same intensity with which he attacks the batsmen in the match.
Bengal is the stronghold of pace bowlers, Akash is the horse of the long race.
In the last few years, Bengal has given many fast bowlers to India and the interesting thing is that four fast bowlers Ashok Dinda, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar and Akashdeep, who recently became a part of Team India, all played for Bengal under the captaincy of Abhimanyu Easwaran. Played. Akash Deep, who has been performing well for Team India recently, considers Easwaran to be a long-haul horse and considers attacking the wicket continuously as his strength.
Will focus on the ball and not the bowler on Australia tour
While talking about the Australia tour, Abhimanyu Easwaran said that he will not only work on the balls leaving the hands of Pant Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Hazel Wood and Nathan Lyon, but the height of the bowler does not matter much to him. Abhimanyu Easwaran is confident that he will be successful in making his debut on the Australia tour and will try his best to leave a big impact on world cricket.
Tags: jasprit bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Team india, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 17, 2024, 2:44 PM IST
