Samit Dravid, Son of Rahul Dravid, Earns India U19 Call-Up for Australia Series

On Saturday, August 31, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will reveal the team for the multi-format series between Australia Under 19 and India Under 19. Both red-ball and white-ball squads included Samit Dravid, the son of former India head coach Rahul Dravid and a great cricketer.

Notably, 18-year-old Samit was recently spotted representing the Mysuru Warriors in the Maharaja T20 Trophy. But the right-hander’s tenure in the league was short lived, as he managed just 82 runs in seven innings with an average of 11.71 and a strikeout percentage of 113.88.

With the aid of four fours and a six, he scored 33 (24) against Gulbarga Mystics, his highest score of the tournament. Apart from him, Soham Patwardhan will captain the side in the four-day matches, and Mohamed Amaan of Uttar Pradesh will captain the One-Day squad in the next series.

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Notably, on September 21, 23, and 26 in Puducherry, India U-19 will play three 50-over matches against Australia U-19. These will be followed by two four-day matches in Chennai starting on September 30.

Squads

India U-19 Squad for one-day series: Rudra Patel (VC) (GCA), Sahil Parakh (MAHCA), Kartikeya KP (KSCA), Mohd Amaan (C) (UPCA), Kiran Chormale (MAHCA), Abhigyan Kundu (WK) (MCA), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (WK) (SCA), Samit Dravid (KSCA), Yudhajit Guha (CAB), Samarth N (KSCA), Nikhil Kumar (UTCA), Chetan Sharma (RCA), Hardik Raj (KSCA), Rohit Rajawat (MPCA), Mohd Enaan (KCA)

India U-19 Squad for four-day series: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Bihar CA), Nitya Pandya (BCA), Vihan Malhotra (VC) (PCA), Soham Patwardhan (C) (MPCA), Kartikeya K P (KSCA), Samit Dravid (KSCA), Abhigyan Kundu (WK) (MCA), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (WK) (SCA), Chetan Sharma (RCA), Samarth N (KSCA), Aditya Rawat (CAU), Nikhil Kumar (UTCA), Anmoljeet Singh (PCA), Aditya Singh (UPCA), Mohd Enaan (KCA)