Bengal player Abhimanyu Easwaran has been added to the list of standby players for the upcoming final of the World Test Championship against New Zealand and the five-match Test series against England in July-August. However, this is the second time that he will stay in Team India’s bio-bubble as he was selected during the Test series against England at home earlier this year.

During an interview with SportsKeeda, he said that the India head coach Ravi Shastri always makes sure that all players feel good and remain positive, even if they lose a game.

“He kept the positivity intact in the dressing room. We lost the first Test and still when we came for practice the next day, he made sure everyone was feeling good and that positivity could be seen in everyone. He always keeps motivating the players, makes sure everybody stays positive,” Abhimanyu Easwaran was quoted as saying. “Anyone who comes to the nets, he will just chat with you for a couple of minutes that motivates you a lot. So, for guys like us who were part of the Indian team for the first time, that really boosted our confidence.”

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Abhimanyu Easwaran again shared about the mindset of the India team and remembered how they bounced back after losing the first Test in Chennai against England by a whopping 227 runs.

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“The mindset of the Indian cricket team is pretty amazing at the moment. Because losing the first Test match against England at home was a big thing, everybody was little sad about it, there was anger in everybody because we lost at home. But everybody was trying to win the series and they were pretty confident they would do it. So that belief was there, and just to see that belief in all the players and the support staff was great to see and the way we played in the next three Test matches shows what makes a champion team – even if they lose the first Test, it doesn’t really matter, how they come back is more important,” Abhimanyu Easwaran concluded.