Opener Abhimanyu Easwaran has replaced injured Ruturaj Gaikwad in India's Test squad for series against South Africa. Abhimanyu was born on September 6, 1995 in Dehradun. He plays for Bengal in domestic cricket. He had made his first-class debut in 2013 and has scored 6,567 runs in 88 first-class matches. He was Bengal's top run-getter in Ranji Trophy 2018/19.