Since Abhimanyu Easwaran’s maiden India Test call-up, a total of 15 players have played a Test match for India with Anshul Kamboj being the latest one to join the list.
After Karun Nair's continuous flops, he was dropped from the playing XI in the ENG vs IND fourth Test match at Old Trafford. Everyone was hoping that if Karun sits on the bench, Abhimanyu Easwaran's years-long wait for a Test debut will end.
But captain Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir had decided something else. Sai Sudharsan was given a chance again at the Old Trafford ground and Abhimanyu remained sitting on the bench. He has been with the Indian Test team since 2021-22, but his dream of entering the field wearing Team India's jersey has not yet been realised.
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15 players made their debut before him

Abhimanyu Easwaran has been coming to the squad for the last 4 years and returns home after giving water. Abhimanyu has spent a lot of time in the dressing room, but his dream of playing in Team India's jersey remains just a dream.
Since Abhimanyu's arrival in the Indian team, 15 players have made their Test debut, which also includes young players like Suryakumar Yadav, Rajat Patidar, Ishan Kishan with Anshul Kamboj being the latest one to join the list on Wednesday in Manchester, but his wait is still on.
But despite constantly proving his ability in domestic cricket, Abhimanyu just keeps resting on the bench. In first class cricket, Abhimanyu has 27 centuries to his name and he has also scored 7,841 runs. 31 fifties have also come from his bat.
Players who perform well in domestic cricket deserve a chance
Some time ago, a big debate broke out regarding domestic cricket. Everyone talked about giving importance to domestic cricket. Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir himself says that players who perform well in domestic cricket deserve a chance.
But the truth is something else. Coach is not able to do justice to Abhimanyu while sitting in the dressing room. If a batsman remains on the bench for four years despite having around 8 thousand runs and 27 centuries, then what is the use of showing his ability in domestic cricket.
Abhimanyu is far ahead of Sudharsan

You have seen the statistics of Abhimanyu Easwaran, now let us tell you about the domestic record of Sai Sudharsan. Sudarshan has played a total of 30 first class matches so far, in which he has scored 1987 runs at an average of 36.
On the other hand, Abhimanyu's batting average is 54 despite playing 103 matches. Sudharsan has been able to score only 7 centuries and 5 half-centuries in 51 innings. From experience to batting record, Abhimanyu is far ahead of Sudharsan.
Sudharsan came into limelight only because of his strong performance in IPL 2025.
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Players to make Test debut for India before Easwaran
Since Abhimanyu Easwaran's first call-up to the Test side, 15 players have now gone on to make their Test debut for India before him. They are:
- K.S Bharat (Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023)
- Suryakumar Yadav (Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (vs West Indies 2023)
- Ishan Kishan (vs West Indies 2023)
- Mukesh Kumar (vs West Indies 2023)
- Prasidh Krishna (vs South Africa 2023)
- Rajat Patidar (vs England 2024)
- Sarfaraz Khan (vs England 2024)
- Dhruv Jurel (vs England 2024)
- Akash Deep (vs England 2024)
- Devdutt Padikkal (vs England 2024)
- Nitish Kumar Reddy (vs Australia 2024)
- Harshit Rana (vs Australia 2024)
- Sai Sudharsan (vs England 2025)
- Anshul Kamboj (vs England 2025)