India ‘B’ opener Abhimanyu Easwaran continued to bat confidently as he scored a defiant century to guide his team to 309-7 against India ‘C’, which still looked in control to enforce a follow-on in their Duleep Trophy match here on Saturday.

Despite Easwaran’s unbeaten 143, India ‘B’ trail India ‘C’ by 216 runs and require 66 more runs to avoid a follow-on. India ‘C’ pacer Anshul Kamboj claimed 5-66.