India introduced a powerful 20-man principal squad and 4 further standby gamers for the ultimate of the World Test Championship in opposition to New Zealand in Southampton and the five-Test collection in opposition to hosts England thereafter. One of the reserve gamers was Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran who has been a daily with the India A workforce over the previous couple of years. Easwaran has been on the fringes for some time and was additionally a standby participant through the house collection in opposition to England. The opening batsman acknowledged that he learnt lots from Indian stalwarts like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma from being in shut proximity with them through the collection in opposition to England and wished to profit from his tour to England.