Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran has been ruled out for several weeks with a hairline fracture on his finger, The Times of India reports. Easwaran, who was part of the Indian squad during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia but did not play a Test, injured the middle finger of his right hand.
India suffered a 1-3 defeat against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Abhimanyu Easwaran, among others, was out of the machine without playing any of the five Tests despite being part of the squad. The Bengal opener, known for his consistent performances with the India A teams, sustained the injury during a club match.
Abhimanyu Easwaran suffered a fractured middle finger
Abhimanyu Easwaran will miss the upcoming Ranji Trophy matches due to a hairline fracture in his right middle finger. Namely, Easwaran has been on the threshold of national team selection for several years.
“Yes, he fractured his right middle finger while playing a club match,” a BCCI source revealed to The Times of India.
Bengal, who are in Elite Group C, play their next match against Haryana in the second leg of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, starting on Thursday, January 23. Bengal are currently third in the group with 14 points after five games ..
Abhimanyu Easwaran boasts of an impressive first-class cricket record
Abhimanyu Easwaran has an impressive record in first-class cricket, scoring 7674 runs in 101 matches at an average of 48.87, including 27 centuries and 29 half-centuries, with a highest score of 233. He also scored 3857 runs in 89 List A matches on average 47.03, with nine hundred and 23 fifties.
However, Easwaran struggled in the two unofficial Tests between India A and Australia A, scoring just 36 runs at an average of 9.00 in four innings. He was considered as a replacement for Rohit Sharma, but KL Rahul opened the innings and India secured a convincing 295-run win in the first series.
I don’t know if the Indian team will look towards him again or not – Aakash Chopra
Former cricketer Aakash Chopra has expressed doubt over Abhimanyu Easwaran’s future as a Test opener for India. In a video he shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra discussed potential candidates for India’s Test plans and wondered if Easwaran was still under the selectors’ consideration.
“There were two local performers with the team during BGT but they were not given a single chance. One was Abhimanyu Easwaran and the other was Sarfaraz Khan. They saw Abhimanyu Easwaran in India A matches. They didn’t like him and he was dropped” , Chopra said.
“He was declared a failure without being given a chance, which is a bit sad, but this is the reality. Abhimanyu Easwaran is 29 years old. I don’t know if the Indian team will look at him again or not. But let’s be very honest, if Rohit Sharma leaves , the start has to come,” the former India batsman added.
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