Team India may have to take the field without its captain Rohit Sharma in the coming days and all this can happen on the difficult tour of Australia. Team India has to tour Australia in the month of November, where the Border-Gavaskar Trophy of 5 test matches will be played. A report has claimed that Rohit may miss the first or second match of this series due to very important personal reasons. If this happens, then the doors of Team India may open for a player who has been in the news for the last few days and there has been a demand for his inclusion in the team for a long time. This player is Bengal cricket team batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran.

Easwaran can be a backup opener

If Rohit Sharma sits out of even a single Test match, then the biggest question before Team India will be who will replace him in the opening. For the last one year, Rohit and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been opening for Team India and have emerged as an excellent pair. In such a situation, it will not be easy to replace Rohit. In such a situation, will the selection committee give place to an extra opener in the squad? According to PTI report, Abhimanyu Easwaran may get a place as a backup opener in such a situation. Incidentally, Easwaran may also be in Australia at that time because just before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India A and Australia A will also compete and Easwaran may be the captain of India A for this series.

Abhimanyu Easwaran was selected in Team India's squad on two occasions before but this 29 year old batsman has not got a chance to debut. Eyes will remain on whether this will happen this time too. Even if Easwaran gets a place, will he be selected in the playing eleven, this is also a question. This is because Team India has two players in the form of Shubman Gill and KL Rahul, who not only have experience of opening in Test cricket, but both of them have also taken the responsibility of opening in Australia and have performed well. Still, Abhimanyu Easwaran can hope that he gets a chance to debut this time.

Easwaran is in great form

This experienced right-handed batsman has scored 7506 runs in 98 first class matches at an average of 49, which includes 26 centuries and 29 half-centuries. He has played big innings in the last several Ranji Trophy seasons and India A tours. Even in recent times, he has been in excellent form. Easwaran had played an excellent inning of 191 runs against Mumbai in the Irani Cup last week. Just before that, in the Duleep Trophy, India B had scored 157 (not out) and 116 runs in two consecutive matches. Now, if he continues the same form in the Ranji Trophy season starting on Friday, October 11 and then does wonders for India A in Australia, then his long wait may be over.