He was a member of Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.

In September 2016 Abhinav was picked as the main opener as part of the Albert TUTI Patriots team in the inaugural Tamil Nadu Premier League Tournament, Patriots went on to win the tournament with Abhinav top scoring in the final with 82 not out.

Abhinav was part of the Indian Test squad for Australia's tour of India in February and March 2017.

Abhinav was also in the squad for India's tour of Sri Lanka which started from July 2017 and played the lone test at Galle where he scored 12 and 81.

[5] In July 2018, he was named the captain of the India Red team for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.