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‘My mistake surprised even me’: Bengal captain Easwaran suffers bizarre run out after leaving crease for drinks in Ranji Trophy match | Cricket News

‘My mistake surprised even me’: Bengal captain Easwaran suffers bizarre run out after leaving crease for drinks in Ranji Trophy match | Cricket News

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The opening day of the second half of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season witnessed some bizarre moments across the country, but none could match the unusual dismissal that Bengal captain Abhimanyu Easwaran experienced on Thursday. Batting for his first century in First-Class cricket in over a year, Easwaran looked well set to break the drought after Services opted to field first at the Bengal Cricket Academy ground in Kalyani. Teaming up with Sudip Chatterjee, Easwaran put on a 151-run partnership before a lapse in judgment and awareness at the crease from the non-striker’s end marked his dismissal in unusual fashion. The brain-fade occurred off the final delivery of the 41st over when Easwaran’s opening partner, Chatterjee, tapped a delivery from Services’ bowler Aditya Kumar back to him. Easwaran stepped out of his crease and began walking off the field, assuming the over was complete, and drinks were called in a clear misunderstanding of the situation. However, the ball had brushed the bowler’s fingers and rolled back to the stumps, all Services needed to do was …

India A squad for England tour: Abhimanyu Easwaran named captain, match schedule announced | Cricket News

India A squad for England tour: Abhimanyu Easwaran named captain, match schedule announced | Cricket News

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Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead the India A side during their forthcoming tour to England, ahead of the five-match Test series of the senior side. The selectors have extended their faith in the 29-year-old Easwaran despite his poor returns during the A team’s tour to Australia last year, ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Dhruv Jurel, meanwhile, has been selected as Easwaran’s deputy. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Nitish Kumar Reddy, both Test regulars for the India senior side, have also made the India A squad. The team will also be bolstered by the likes of Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan who will join the squad from the second match. Easwaran, who has yet to represent the national side, returned scores of 12, 7, 0 and 17 as India A lost both unofficial games on tour in Australia. Story continues below this ad “The Men’s Selection Committee has named the India A squad for the upcoming tour of England, where the team will play two first-class matches against the England Lions at Canterbury and Northampton. The tour …

AUS vs IND 1st Test Probable Playing 11; Easwaran, Nitish Likely to Make Debut

AUS vs IND 1st Test Probable Playing 11; Easwaran, Nitish Likely to Make Debut

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AUS vs IND 1st Test Probable Playing 11: With India set to take on Australia in the first Border Gavaskar Trophy test, injury concerns have left the visitors with multiple gaps in the starting lineup. With Rohit Sharma unavailable for the series opener, Jasprit Bumrah will take over as captain. After a mighty win in the 2020-21 series, the Indian team will be looking to dominate on Australian soil again. India secured consecutive series wins in Australia (2018-19 and 2020-21) and will be aiming for a straight triumph. AUS vs IND 1st Test Probable Playing 11 India Probable Playing 11: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah (C), Mohammed Siraj. Australia Probable Playing 11: Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey, Mitch Starc, Pat Cummins, Natan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood Indian captain Rohit Sharma will be a notable absentee in the first test match of the series in Perth. Sharma is unlikely to travel to …

Abhimanyu Easwaran, KL Rahul Among Top Contenders to Open for Australia Tests

Abhimanyu Easwaran, KL Rahul Among Top Contenders to Open for Australia Tests

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Abhimanyu Easwaran (image: X) Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir revealed that the team might pick one of KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran as a replacement for Rohit Sharma if he skips the first test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. While speaking to the media for the first time after India’s 0-3 defeat against New Zealand at home, there are no confirmations on Rohit’s availability for the Perth game, and rather expects the Indian captain to lead the side in Australia from the opening test onwards. “There is no confirmation. We’ll let you know. Hopefully he’ll be available. Everything you’ll get to know by the start of the series,” he told reporters. If Rohit is unavailable for the opening game, KL Rahul and Easwaran as his replacement for the first test. “Obviously there is [Abhimanyu] Easwaran there, there is KL [Rahul] there,” he pointed out. “So we will take a call closer to the first Test match if Rohit is not available.” “There are options there. It’s not that there are no options, there are quite …

0, 4, 0, 4: India A suffer horror collapse at MCG; Rahul, Easwaran fail opening test; Jurel impresses | Cricket News

0, 4, 0, 4: India A suffer horror collapse at MCG; Rahul, Easwaran fail opening test; Jurel impresses | Cricket News

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The India A side suffered a horror collapse on Thursday, the opening day of the second unofficial Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After putting the India A side into bat, Australia Test seamers Michael Neser and Scott Boland skimmed through the top-order within 16 balls. KL Rahul, dropped from India’s second and third Tests at New Zealand recently, joined the India A squad earlier this week for some game time. While Rahul was listed for a middle-order spot, captain Rohit Sharma’s potential absence in the first Border Gavaskar Trophy Test in Perth meant the Karnataka batter was moved up to the opening spot, ahead of India A captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. Rahul fell for four off as many deliveries after he was lured into a forward push by Boland, who extracted outside-edge to the wicket-keeper. Boland had earlier marked Rahul as one of the targetted Indian batters for the summer. “I was lucky to bowl to him in a Test over in India a couple of years ago but it’ll be nice to …

KL Rahul likely to open for India A alongside Easwaran, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to slide down in the order – India TV

KL Rahul likely to open for India A alongside Easwaran, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to slide down in the order – India TV

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Image Source : BCCI KL Rahul didn’t play the last two Tests against New Zealand in Pune and Mumbai KL Rahul, one of the two new additions to India A squad for the second and final unofficial Test against Australia A at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, is set to open the innings alongside Abhimanyu Easwaran. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who opened the innings in the series opener, is likely to slide down in the middle order for the second Test starting Thursday, November 7.  “The Men’s Selection Committee have added Mr KL Rahul and Mr Dhruv Jurel to the India A squad for the second first-class game against Australia A starting on Thursday at the MCG, Melbourne,” the BCCI said in an official release on the eve of the clash.  With captain Rohit Sharma unsure of his availability at the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rahul and Easwaran are probably set for a straight face-off with each other for the vacant opener’s spot for the opening Test in Perth from November 22, as per ESPNCricinfo. Yashasvi …

IND A vs AUS A: Abhimanyu Easwaran plays 100th First-Class game against Australia A ahead of Border Gavaskar Trophy | Cricket News

IND A vs AUS A: Abhimanyu Easwaran plays 100th First-Class game against Australia A ahead of Border Gavaskar Trophy | Cricket News

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Abhimanyu Easwaran recorded his 100th First-Class appearance as he represented India A against Australia A in the first unofficial Test at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay, Queensland on Thursday. The 29-year-old Bengal opener was all set to make his milestone match last week in Kolkata with his Ranji Trophy side before the game against Bihar was washed out without the toss being held across all four days. Easwaran, nevertheless, has been on a stupendous red-ball scoring spree this year, coinciding with a call-up to India’s 18-member Border-Gavaskar Trophy squad last week. Easwaran is also potentially in the running for a spot in the playing XI, should India captain Rohit Sharma miss out one of the five Tests against Australia due to personal reasons. India A veteran Easwaran has been one of the most prolific batters in the India A circuit, having made 26 appearances for the second-string team across 26 matches. Only current team India A head coach, Gautam Gambhir, has scored more runs (2119) and hundreds (8) than Easwaran for the India …

Ishan Kishan on brink of India return after Ranji ton with Agarkar’s AUS plan; Gaikwad, Easwaran find fresh competition

Ishan Kishan on brink of India return after Ranji ton with Agarkar’s AUS plan; Gaikwad, Easwaran find fresh competition

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Ishan Kishan, who was removed from BCCI’s central contract list earlier this year due to concerns that he was ‘prioritising’ IPL over domestic cricket, finds himself on the brink of an India return with the selection committee slated to send the wicketkeeper-batter for the tour of Australia. The development came just hours after Ishan smashed a century in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season. Ishan Kishan scored a century for Jharkhand in their second Ranji Trophy match (HT_PRINT) On Day 1 of Jharkhand’s second match in Elite Group D of Ranji Trophy, at the ADSA Railways Cricket Ground in Ahmedabad, Ishan scored 101 off 158, laced with 13 boundaries and two sixes as his side finished the day in 325 for two. It was Ishan’s third red-ball ton since making a return to the traditional format earlier in August, having notched up the triple-figure mark in the pre-season Buchi Babu tournament and then in the second round of the Duleep Trophy last month. According to a report in PTI, Ishan will be part of the India …

Whether I get picked or not for India, my love for the game is unconditional: Abhimanyu Easwaran | Cricket News

Whether I get picked or not for India, my love for the game is unconditional: Abhimanyu Easwaran | Cricket News

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With the race for the third opener’s slot for the Test tour to Australia heating up, Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran is a contender. Beginning with the Duleep Trophy and then at the Irani Cup and the opening round of Ranji Trophy, Easwaran has scored 157*, 116 & 19, 191, 5 & 127. In the last four years he has come close to earning an India cap twice only to be dropped. Fresh from scoring a century against Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy, Easwaran spoke to The Indian Express. Excerpts: Abhimanyu, you are again scoring hundreds consistently. What’s the secret? Abhimanyu Easwaran: I’m not trying to do anything special. I am doing the basics right at the moment. I believe I’ve got a solid game plan which is helping me. Moreover, irrespective of which team you play for, contributing to the team always is a good feeling, especially when you score centuries. In the past, when you were in form, you usually made it count and score 4-5 centuries on the trot. How did you …

Ranji Trophy: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Chatterjee Put Bengal In Driver’s Seat vs Uttar Pradesh

Ranji Trophy: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Chatterjee Put Bengal In Driver’s Seat vs Uttar Pradesh

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Sudip Chatterjee struck a successive fifty-plus score, while Abhimanyu Easwaran returned to form with an unbeaten half-century as the two openers put Bengal in the driver’s seat after a crucial first-innings lead on day 3 of their Ranji Trophy Group A clash against Uttar Pradesh here on Sunday. After Mukesh Kumar (4/43) and Shahbaz Ahmed (4/96) skittled out the home side for 292 to give a 19-run first innings lead, the opening duo capitalised on the momentum to strengthen their grip on the match. As bad light cut short the day’s play, Bengal were sitting comfortably at 141 for no loss in 36 overs, with an overall lead of 160 runs with the final day’s play remaining. Abhimanyu, who was dismissed for a mere five runs in Bengal’s first innings, looked like a different player in his second knock. The stylish right-hander, who had been in red-hot form with three back-to-back centuries in the Duleep Trophy and Irani Cup, demonstrated his class once again, remaining unbeaten on 78 from 107 balls, hitting seven …