Abhimanyu Easwaran (); born 6 September 1995) is an Indian

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er who plays for

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. He is a right-handed opening batter. He also captained the

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, India B in Duleep Trophy and Bengal Ranji team.

Early life

Abhimanyu was born on 6 September 1995 in

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to a

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father and Punjabi mother. He studied in Umes Chandra College in

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. 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

to pursue his cricket career, where he lived with his coach Nirmal Sengupta.

Career

He made his

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debut for Bengal in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 31 January 2017. In October 2018, he was named in India A's squad for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer for Bengal in the

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, with 861 runs in six matches. In August 2019, he was named in the India Red team's squad for the

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. In the final of the tournament, he scored 153 runs against India Green. In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy. In January 2021, he was named as one of five standby players in India's

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squad for their home series against England. In May 2021, he was also named as one of four standby players in India's Test squad for the

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of the

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and their away series against England. In October 2024, he called for an 18-member Indian squad to participate in the Border–Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Easwaran, Abhimanyu 1995 births Living people Indian cricketers Bengal cricketers Prime Bank Cricket Club cricketers India Blue cricketers Cricketers from Dehradun Indian A cricketers

Early life

Career

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