IND vs SA: This opener joined Team India in place of Rituraj Gaikwad, his domestic record is amazing
IND vs SA: Ruturaj Gaikwad is out of the Indian Test team due to injury. In his place, Abhimanyu Easwaran, who has consistently performed brilliantly in domestic cricket, has been added to Team India. He has been associated with Team India twice before but did not get a chance to debut.
The Indian team is going to play a two-match test series on the South Africa tour. The first test of the series will be played on Boxing Day. Rituraj Gaikwad has been ruled out of the Test series due to a finger injury in the ODI series. Now Abhimanyu Easwaran has been added to the team as his replacement in team management. Abhimanyu was in South Africa with the India A team. Now he will be with the senior team instead of India A and can play if needed. Abhimanyu Easwaran, who has consistently performed brilliantly in domestic cricket, has been a part of Team India twice before but has not yet got a chance to debut.
The two-match Test series between India and South Africa will begin with the Boxing Day Test from 26 December in Centurion and the second Test will be played from 3 January. Ruturaj Gaikwad is the third Indian player to be ruled out of the Test series on the South Africa tour. Before him, Mohammed Shami was out due to being unfit while Ishan Kishan has also withdrawn his name due to personal reasons.
Abhimanyu Easwaran plays for Bengal in domestic cricket. 28-year-old Abhimanyu has so far scored a total of 6567 runs in 88 first-class matches at an average of 47.24 with 22 centuries and 26 half-centuries. At the same time, in List A cricket, Abhimanyu has scored a total of 3847 runs in 88 matches at an average of 47.49 with 9 centuries and 23 half-centuries.
Abhimanyu plays domestic cricket as an opening batsman. He scored the most runs for Bengal in the 2018-19 Ranji season. He scored 861 runs in only six matches of that season. Abhimanyu was selected as a standby player for the home series to be played against England in January 2021. After this he was a standby player in the World Test Championship Final 2019-21. It remains to be seen whether he will be given a chance to debut this time or not.
