Abhimanyu Easwaran missed out on selection as the BCCI announced India’s squad for the two upcoming home Tests against West Indies. The decision came as a surprise, considering Easwaran had been part of the bench during England’s five-match Test series earlier this year and was also included in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy squad in Australia.
The 30-year-old first earned a call-up during the Bangladesh Test series in December 2022. Since then, he has been repeatedly in and out of the squad but has yet to make his debut. In his first-class career, Easwaran has scored 7,885 runs across 178 innings (104 matches) at an average of 48.67, including 27 centuries and 31 half-centuries.
Meanwhile, young players like Rajat Patidar, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Sai Sudharsan, and Safaraz Khan made their debuts last year ahead of the Bengal batter. Fans on X criticized the BCCI for overlooking Easwaran without giving him a chance to play a Test match. Here are some fans reaction:
This is setting a wrong example for youngsters who wants to perform well in domestic, Easwaran dropped without getting any game !
— Joecricket_ (@Joecricket_) September 25, 2025
Abhimanyu Easwaran has been dropped without trying him in Australia??? How one can treat these youngsters like this ??? What sort of confidence these players will get ??? Karun Nair though got few chances but were they enough to judge his calibre who came back after 8 years ???…
— Sudhir Badola (@SudhirBadola13) September 25, 2025
Abhimanyu Easwaran deserves a chance.
Feel for Abhimanyu Easwaran. 🌟💯 pic.twitter.com/CMhDBA9JXv— ABHISHEK 🇮🇳🏏 (@CricketAddaX) September 25, 2025
Abhimanyu Easwaran deserves a chance. pic.twitter.com/8QzDcfO4qB
— Team India (@FCteamINDIA) September 25, 2025
Abhimanyu Easwaran runs after runs in Ranji, Irani, Duleep but still treated like a 3rd-class citizen by BCCI 🚨
Selectors lecture youngsters to “focus on domestic” & when someone actually does, they drop him without a single cap. When asked, they give random excuses 🤡 #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/YJy0Gn47ic— Shubham (@Shubham02_03) September 25, 2025
These guys dropped Abhimanyu Easwaran also, what he needs to do to play for India. Domestic Cricket is such a joke .
— Ashwini Kumar (@RishabhAshwini) September 25, 2025
“Benched For Years” – Former India Cricketer On Abhimanyu Easwaran
Former India fast bowler Varun Aaron recently highlighted that Abhimanyu Easwaran has spent years on the sidelines and called on the BCCI to give him his Test debut against the West Indies. The 35-year-old shared his thoughts with ESPNcricinfo (via The Indian Express):
“Easwaran has been sitting on the sidelines for an eternity. He has just been drooling at the opportunity of getting a game and that has never happened. I feel finally this is going to be the series where he gets a game. I don’t know in what capacity or which number, but I think India have to play him and give him a chance at some stage.”
Easwaran last played for India A, scoring 44 vs Australia A, and earlier hit 68 and 80 against England Lions. He will next feature for Rest of India against Vidarbha in the Irani Cup, starting October 1 in Nagpur.
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