Bengal’s opening batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran was adjudged the Best Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Association of Bengal on Thursday. It is for the second consecutive year that Easwaran has been declared the winner in this category. The right-handed batsman has also been named the Gentleman Cricketer of the Year.

In a fruitful 2018-19 Ranji Trophy season, Easwaran amassed 861 runs from six matches at an average of 95.66, including two hundreds and a double hundred. He was also Bengal”s second highest run-getter in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, wherein he scored 331 runs from 11 innings at an average of 41.37 and a strike-rate of 136.77. 

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A regular feature of the India-A squad over the past couple of years, Easwaran presented a strong case for himself before the national selectors by scoring a century (117) against Sam Billings” touring England Lions and a double ton (233) against Sri Lanka-A earlier this year. 

Deepti Sharma, a regular member of the Indian women’s team, has been declared as the Best Senior Women’s Cricketer of the Year. Playing for Uttar Pradesh till the 2016-17 season, the all-rounder was roped in by the C.A.B in 2017, and since then has become a vital member of the Bengal women’s team, helping it win the U-23 National Championship as well as the Senior Women’s One Day League. 

The awards will be given away in C.A.B’s annual awards ceremony, likely to be held at the Netaji Indoor Stadium on August 3.

Here’s the full list of winners:-

Cricketer of the Year: Abhimanyu Easwaran

Gentleman Cricketer of the Year: Abhimanyu Easwaran

Best Fast Bowler: Mukesh Kumar

Best U-23 Cricketer of the Year: Ritwik Roy Chowdhury

Best U-23 Bowler: Ananta Saha

Best U-19 Cricketer: Karan Lal

Best U-19 Bowler: Prabhat Mourya

Best U-16 Cricketer: Toufikuddin Mondal

Best School (U-15) Cricketer: Anas Ali Khan

Best U-18 Cricketer: Diganta Neogi

Best U-15 Cricketer: Jahir Ahammed

Best U-13 Cricketer: Agniswar Das

Best Senior Women’s Cricketer: Deepti Sharma

Joint Best U-23 Women’s Cricketer: Deepti Sharma and Tanushree Sarkar

Best U-19 Women’s Cricketer: Mouli Mondal

Best Senior District Cricketer: Arup Kumar Saha (Nadia)

Best U-19 District Cricketer: Vineet Maurya (North 24-Pgs

Best U-16 District Cricketer: Chandradip Bagdi (Birbhum)

Best U-14 District Cricketer: Rahul Prasad (North 24-Pgs)

Best District Women’s Cricketer: Gouri Dey (Midnapore)

Best Sub-Division Sub-Junior Cricketer: Sujal Kumar Gupta (Asansol sub-division – Burdwan)