Easwaran named Bengal’s cricketer of the year

Kolkata, July 18: Bengal batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran was on Thursday named both 'best cricketer' and 'gentleman cricketer' of the year by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).

Top-order batsman Easwaran, who regularly plays for India A, has 3,754 runs in 46 first-class matches at an average of 51.42. In the last Ranji Trophy season, he scored 861 runs in six matches at 95.66.

The CAB also announced the awardees in various age groups for its annual ceremony slated for August 3. Here's the complete list of awardees:

Cricketer of the year: Abhimanyu Easwaran
Gentleman cricketer of the year: Abhimanyu Easwaran
Best fast bowler: Mukesh Kumar
Best U-23 cricketer: Ritwik Roy Chowdhury
Best U-23 bowler: Ananta Saha
Best U-19 cricketer: Karan Lal
Best U-19 bowler: Prabhat Mourya
Best U-16 cricketer: Toufikuddin Mondal
Best school cricketer (U-15): Anas Ali Khan
Best U-18 cricketer: Diganta Neogi
Best U-15 cricketer: Jahir Ahammed
Best U-13 cricketer: Agniswar Das
Best senior women's cricketer: Deepti Sharma
Joint best U-23 women's cricketer: Deepti Sharma and Tanushree Sarkar
Best U-19 women's cricketer: Mouli Mondal
Best senior district cricketer: Arup Kumar Saha (Nadia)
Best U-19 district cricketer: Vineet Maurya (North 24 Parganas)
Best U-16 district cricketer: Chandradip Bagdi (Birbhum)
Best U-14 district cricketer: Rahul Prasad (North 24 Parganas)
Best district women's cricketer: Gouri Dey (Midnapore)
Best sub-division sub-junior cricketer: Sujal Kumar Gupta (Asansol sub-division, Burdwan).