Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was impressed with the batting efficiency within the lately concluded Check sequence in opposition to England, however flagged one main concern — the No. 3 spot. Ganguly indicated he wasn’t glad with how Karun Nair and Sai Sudharsan dealt with the position, and urged head coach Gautam Gambhir to again uncapped Abhimanyu Easwaran for the place, with India set to face the West Indies in a two-match Check sequence in October.
Throughout the England sequence, captain Shubman Gill moved to No. 4 to fill the void left by Virat Kohli’s retirement, leaving No. 3 up for grabs. India examined two choices, however neither impressed. Sudharsan scored 140 runs at 23.33 in six innings, with one fifty, whereas Nair managed 111 runs at 27.75 in 4 innings, and not using a half-century.
Chatting with The Instances of India, Ganguly mentioned Easwaran, the one batter within the squad to not get a sport within the sequence, deserves an opportunity at No. 3.
“He has age on his facet. I nonetheless consider he’ll get his probability. I really feel batters like Yashasvi, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja have all acquired runs. It’s solely the No. 3 slot that appeared a bit fragile. Possibly Easwaran shall be tried there,” Ganguly mentioned.
Not too long ago, Abhimanyu’s father revealed that Gambhir has assured the Indian batter of a good probability. The Bengal batter has been ready to earn his debut cap for India since incomes his first official call-up to the Indian squad in 2022.
“Gautam Gambhir, when he spoke to my son, he assured him see you you are doing the correct of belongings you’ll get your flip you may get a long term. I am not the one who will push you out after one or two matches. I am going to provide you with an extended rope. That is what my son communicated to me. The complete teaching workforce assured him that he’ll get his due, he’ll get his long term. That is the very best I can say. My son is ready for 4 years, He is put in 23 years of laborious work,” Ranganathan Easwaran mentioned in an interview with Vickey Lalwani on his YouTube channel.
Abhimanyu will subsequent be seen in motion within the Duleep Trophy, the place he’ll lead the East Zone facet. The home event will provide him a shot at proving himself for the West Indies sequence.
