Abhimanyu Easwaran

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Abhimanyu Easwaran (Hindi: [ʌbʰɪmʌnjuː ˈiːʃwʌɾʌn]; born 6 September 1995) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bengal. He is a right-handed opening batter.[1] He also captained the India A cricket team,[2] India B in Duleep Trophy[3] and Bengal Ranji team.[4]

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Abhimanyu Easwaran
Personal information
Full name
Abhimanyu Ranganathan Parameswaran Easwaran
Born (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29)
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
BattingRight-handed
Bowlingleg break Googly
RoleTop-order batter
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–presentBengal
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 101 89 34
Runs scored 7,674 3,857 976
Batting average 48.87 47.03 37.53
100s/50s 27/29 9/23 1/5
Top score 233 149 107*
Balls bowled 216 6 0
Wickets 2 0 0
Bowling average 73.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/20
Catches/stumpings 71/– 27/– 9/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 March 2025
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Early life

Abhimanyu was born on 6 September 1995 in Dehradun to a Tamilian father and Punjabi mother. He studied in Umes Chandra College in Kolkata. In his early years, he was trained by his father Ranganathan Parameshwaran Easwaran, a chartered accountant, who had started the Abhimanyu Cricket Academy in 2008. At age 10, Abhimanyu moved to Kolkata to pursue his cricket career, where he lived with his coach Nirmal Sengupta.[5][6]

Career

He made his Twenty20 debut for Bengal in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 31 January 2017.[7] In October 2018, he was named in India A's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[8] He was the leading run-scorer for Bengal in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 861 runs in six matches.[9]

In August 2019, he was named in the India Red team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[10][11] In the final of the tournament, he scored 153 runs against India Green.[12] In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[13]

In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's Test squad for their home series against England.[14] In May 2021, he was also named as one of four standby players in India's Test squad for the final of the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship and their away series against England.[15][16] In October 2024, he called for an 18-member Indian squad to participate in the Border–Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.

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