Duleep Trophy: Centurion Abhimanyu Easwaran carries bat for India B
India B captain Abhimanyu Easwaran demonstrated exceptional resilience en route to an unbeaten 157 in the ongoing Duleep Trophy round-two match. His team was dismissed for 332/10 against India C in Anantapur on Sunday. Easwaran faced a total of 286 deliveries during his innings, hitting 14 boundaries and one six. Despite wickets falling at the other end, he managed to hold his ground.
A captain's knock from Easwaran
India C managed a mammoth score of 525/10 in their first innings. India B needed a strong response and Easwaran alongside Narayan Jagadeesan (70) provided the platform. They added 129 runs for the first wicket. However, once Jagadeesan was dismissed, India B lost their way. Anshul Kamboj dented them with an eight-fer. Easwaran has remained strong and returned unbeaten. His brilliance powered India B to 332/10.
24th century from Easwaran's blade
As per ESPNcricinfo, with this century, Easwaran has raced to 7,180 runs across 96 First-Class matches at an average worth 47-plus. This is now his 24th ton in FC cricket. He also owns 29 fifties in the longest format. Before this knock, Easwaran managed 13 and four runs respectively in round 1 of Duleep Trophy 2024.
Summary of the first innings
India C posted a massive total of 525/10 while batting first. While Ishan Kishan (111) hammered a brilliant hundred, Ruturaj Gaikwad, (58), Baba Indrajith (78), and Manav Suthar (82) were the others to score over 50 for India C. Mukesh Kumar and Rahul Chahar dismissed four batters each. India B made a strong response as he game is heading toward a draw.
