Father Abhimanyu Easwarean, Ranganathan Easwarean, criticized India’s team selection criteria after his son was not selected in playing XI for the fifth test against England in London’s oval. Abhimanyu was unable to find his place in playing XI, although in December 2022 he earned his first call in Red-Míček on the Bangladesh tour.
He was again overlooked for the fifth test because Karun Nair got another opportunity ahead of him. After seeing his son did not get his righteous chance, Abhimanyu’s father Ranganathan questioned the leadership to keep him on the bench for so long, despite his fertile run in the home cricket.
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“I do not maintain the number of days when Abhimanyu was waiting for his test debut. I count for years; it has been three years. What is the player’s job? Is it a score.
In addition, he also mentioned how some players were able to enter the Center of attention through their IPL performances and said that when choosing a test team, IPL would not be taken into account.
“So, as they compare? I don’t understand that Karun Nair gave a chance. He was just enough, scored 800 runs. Plus runs. Selectors believed in it. My son looks a little depressing, but it must happen. Some players jump from IPL.
Abhimanyu’s fertile run in the home cricket
Although Abhimanyu’s father did not explicitly mentioned, he pointed to Sai Sudharsan, who gained his first test challenge for the ongoing series and also made his debut in the series. The 23 -year -old 38 diameter in the first -class cricker and had fertile runs in the last two seasons of IPL, and also won the orange cap in the 2025 tournament edition.
On the other hand, Easwaren was in an amazing form in the last home season, where he accumulated on a run for his teams in Duleep, Irani and Ranji Trophy. His score during the season read as 127*, 191, 116, 19, 157*, 13, 4, 200*, 72, 65. In his first class, Bengal’s career scored 7841 runs from 103 matches on average 48.70 with 27 hundreds and 31 years.
He also played a good knocking 68 and 80 in two tours of matches before the ongoing series, However, he was still not preferred against Sudharsan, who did not play a tour due to IPL commitments. Moreover, since in 2022, Abhimanyu Easwarean’s Maiden has made 15 players debut for India, but Easwaran’s long waiting continues. The 29-year-old will now hope that XI is played in October and November during the home series against West Indies and South Africa.
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Published:
Rishabh beniwal
Published on:
31 July 2025
