Samit Dravid son of Rahul Dravid picked in India Under-19 squad

August 31, 2024

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Samit Dravid son of Rahul Dravid picked in India Under-19 squad

India’s former captain and head coach Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid has been selected for India’s U-19 team. Samit will don the blue jersey for the first time to play the home series against Australia in September and October.

Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm medium pace. Currently, Samit is playing for the Mysuru Warriors squad in the Maharaja T20 Trophy, which is being held in Karnataka.

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Samit Dravid has not bowled a single delivery in the tournament and has a lackluster batting performance. Batting in the middle order, he has scored only 82 runs at a strike rate of 114 in 7 innings with the highest being 33 runs.

However, he has been selected based on his impressive performance in Cooch Behar Trophy, earlier this year. In this four-day tournament for Under-19 cricketers, Samit scored 362 runs and scalped 16 wickets in 8 games.

Samit Dravid played a significant role in Karnataka winning the Cooch Behar Trophy, by claiming 2 important wickets in the final against Mumbai.

Rahul Dravid's son Samit has been selected for India's U19 squad against Australia U19 for the 4 day series. pic.twitter.com/VBJwwiunO4

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 31, 2024

India U-19 will play three 50-over matches against Australia U-19 in Puducherry. These matches are scheduled for 21, 23, and 26 September. Mohammed Amaan, a middle-order batter from Uttar Pradesh has been named as the captain of the series.

Meanwhile, two 4-day games will be played in Chennai on September 30 and October 7. Soham Patwardhan of Madhya Pradesh will lead India U-19 in this series.

India U-19 50-over squad against Australia

Mohamed Amaan (capt) (UPCA), Rudra Patel (vc)(GCA), Kiran Chormale (MAHCA), Sahil Parakh (MAHCA), Kartikeya KP (KSCA), Yudhajit Guha (CAB), Samarth N (KSCA), Nikhil Kumar (UTCA), Abhigyan Kundu (wk) (MCA), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (wk) (SCA), Samit Dravid (KSCA), Chetan Sharma (RCA), Hardik Raj (KSCA), Rohit Rajawat (MPCA), Mohammed Enaan (KCA)

India U-19 squad four-day squad against Australia

Soham Patwardhan (capt) (MPCA), Vihan Malhotra (vc) (PCA), Kartikeya KP (KSCA), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Bihar CA), Nitya Pandya (BCA), Samit Dravid (KSCA), Samarth N (KSCA), Aditya Rawat (CAU), Nikhil Kumar (UTCA), Anmoljeet Singh (PCA), Abhigyan Kundu (wk) (MCA), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (wk) (SCA), Chetan Sharma (RCA), Aditya Singh (UPCA), Mohammed Enaan (KCA)