Kolkata, July 19 (TIWN) 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.