New Delhi. The Indian cricket team has to go on a difficult tour of Australia next month. On 25 October, the selectors announced the 18-member Indian team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On this tour, captain Rohit Sharma may remain out of the first test due to personal reasons. In such a situation, the question is who will start the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal in his place. The selectors have given the answer in the team selection. He has chosen Abhimanyu Easwaran as an opening option in place of captain Rohit.
The Indian team going on Australia tour has been announced. The name of opener Abhimanyu Easwaran, who made a splash in domestic cricket, is also included in the 18-member team selected by the selectors for the 5-match Border Gavaskar Trophy. Captain Rohit Sharma may remain out of the first match of the series due to personal reasons. In such a situation, everyone felt that Shubman Gill could be given the responsibility of opening in place of Yashasvi Jaiswal, but after Abhimanyu is selected, such things will come to an end.
Abhimanyu's explosive form
Easwaran's performance in domestic cricket has been impressive so far. He has scored more than 600 runs in the last 6 innings, scoring 4 centuries. In the Duleep Trophy, this opener had played an unbeaten inning of 157 runs against India C. After this, he scored 116 runs in the first innings against India D. While playing for Rest of India in Irani Trophy, he scored 191 runs against Mumbai and scored unbeaten 127 runs in the second innings against UP in Ranji Trophy.
Abhimanyu's domestic cricket career
Easwaran has played a total of 99 first class matches so far, in which he has scored 7638 runs in 169 innings at an average of 49.92, which includes 27 centuries. Scored 3847 runs at an average of 47.49 with 9 centuries in 88 List A and 976 runs at an average of 37.53 in 33 T20s.
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 (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar.
Tags: Border Gavaskar Trophy, India vs Australia, Rohit Sharma
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 26, 2024, 09:10 IST
