My Son should have played instead of Sai Sudarshan: Abhimanyu Easwaran’s Dad

[pkmmamks]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

SKY test debut was the worst. Complete mockery of selection process. 

His dad was the eternal power

 

SURYA putra

[Trichromatic]

Earlier players were not selected in squad itself and that was considered their bad luck. But at least they knew that who were favored ones. Now there is no clarity.

[Sooda]

I can totally see why Sai got in : county experience and comfortably outscored Easwaran Vs lions in last year home series 

 

If God forbid Jaiswal or KL got injured you'd expect easwaran to play 

[Lord]

31 minutes ago, Sooda said:

I can totally see why Sai got in : county experience and comfortably outscored Easwaran Vs lions in last year home series 

 

If God forbid Jaiswal or KL got injured you'd expect easwaran to play 

 

Sai got in due to the IPL.

 

First thing to look for is domestic numbers and Sai's are very poor. Logically Easwaran should have been preferred as he was also there in Aus.

[zen]

And I should have played instead of whoever’ son 

[Sandz]

17 hours ago, figo6762 said:

Make the dads get into a ring and fight for it … 

Yuvi will be back in the team in no time!

[Soorma Bhopali]

18 hours ago, Gollum said:

Ganguly's dad used to be a very combative person, frequently getting into fights with CAB and BCCI bigwigs. Was a big businessman in Calcutta.....Dada was so used to luxury growing up, that he refused to carry his kits/bags in his first tour abroad and in county in the 90s. 

Ganguly 's dad was CAB Secretary in  early 1980s. His elder Brother Snehashish Ganguly also played Ranji and I saw him play 1989 Ranji finals .Being CAB Secretary , cricket politics and fights were par for the course. In fact, Dada's early career sufferred being part of an illustrious cricket family  as lot of the press believed his 1992 Australia tour selection was due to his dad 's influence and zonal selection .He got to debut in tests 4 years later due to this perception.

[tapandrun]

Access to media and bcci letting players talk/speak their minds (which is a good thing), playing are using friends/family to speak for them.

 

Have nt seen this particular interview but now friends and family should be aware of what they say and if they have opinion/qualms they should present in a fair way without naming any particular player.

 

In Easwaran's case he has been selected in the team for lot of series now and yet to make his debut (if I am not wrong) he can only wait for his chance, not having an IPL contract or a team backing some player is big detrimental for them specially the ranji specialist 

 

Ques : Why dont they come out when they are not selected for an IPL team ??? 

 

Edited August 4, 2025 by tapandrun

[raki05]

21 hours ago, Gollum said:

SKY test debut was the worst. Complete mockery of selection process. 

Under goat dravid chacha ….@Lord’s favourite 

[kosingh]

4 hours ago, zen said:

And I should have played instead of whoever’ son 

 

My dad disagrees.

[The Dark Horse]

Could have taken Nair's name instead of a fellow Tamil 

[gattaca]

3 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said:

Could have taken Nair's name instead of a fellow Tamil 

Nair scored some runs in this tes atleast. Sai also currently is not a fit for no 3 position. He needs to tighten his technique. 

[putrevus]

How can anyone blame him.His son is sitting on bench and guys like Sai and Nair are getting chance after chance even after failing.

[The Dark Horse]

1 minute ago, gattaca said:

Nair scored some runs in this tes atleast. Sai also currently is not a fit for no 3 position. He needs to tighten his technique. 

Was kidding man...Sai obviously use some technical flaws

[BacktoCricaddict]

11 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said:

Could have taken Nair's name instead of a fellow Tamil 

Tamil Mallu bhai bhai

[coffee_rules]

22 hours ago, Lord said:

We are close to make a dad's XI now

 

Sanju

Easwaran

Yuvi

Washington

Ashwin

Sarfaraz

 

Ravi Bishnoi

KL (dad-in-law, in his case)

Arjun

Sreesanth

Jadeja

[bowl_out]

Must be agonizing for the player and the father. He at least deserves a debut and a chance to fail.

Another player that comes to mind is Badrinath, who played 2 Tests after averaging 60+ in >100 Ranji games.

 

That said, putting a mike in front of aggrieved parents is always going to bring such reactions. What else did they expect?

[Lord]

2 hours ago, raki05 said:

Under goat dravid chacha ….@Lord’s favourite 

MI connection. Though Dravid should have resisted but he was always meek

[Lord]

2 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Ravi Bishnoi

KL (dad-in-law, in his case)

Arjun

Sreesanth

Jadeja

Jadeja's father passed away when Jaddu was young AFAIK 

 

Dunno others dad's complained like that 

[putrevus]

12 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

Must be agonizing for the player and the father. He at least deserves a debut and a chance to fail.

Another player that comes to mind is Badrinath, who played 2 Tests after averaging 60+ in >100 Ranji games.

 

That said, putting a mike in front of aggrieved parents is always going to bring such reactions. What else did they expect?

Indian media is worse, they just want headlines.