India A Players Reach UK For England Lions Matches
The members of India A squad led by Abhimanyu Easwaran reached England on Sunday ahead of their matches against England Lions starting from June 3 onwards. As a part of the tour, India A will play two first-class matches against the England Lions at Canterbury and Northampton on May 30 and June 6, before concluding their outing with an intra-squad match against Team India on June 13 at Beckenham. Pacer Tushar Deshpande posted a picture posing with Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tanush Kotian, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal and skipper Abhimanyu, captioned, "Work crew".
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The team will be led by Abhimanyu Easwaran, who has been a domestic cricket stalwart for Bengal, with 101 first-class games, 7,674 runs at an average of 48.87, 27 centuries and 29 fifties behind him. He did have a disappointing tour to Australia last year, where he ended up with just 36 runs in four innings.
Batters Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan will join the squad ahead of the second match. Currently, they are serving as the backbone of the Gujarat Titans (GT) batting line-up.
The dream domestic season 2024-25 for Vidarbha star Nair concluded with the 863-run season in Ranji, with an average of 53.93, four centuries and two fifties in 16 innings across nine matches. His best score of 135 came in the final, and his team emerged victorious.
A massive highlight of his season was the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament, where he top-scored with 779 runs in nine matches and eight innings at a stunning average of 389.50 and a strike rate of 124.04, with five centuries and a fifty and best score of 163*. He played a massive role in his team's run to the finals, where they lost to his former team, Karnataka.
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