Samit Dravid an all-rounder and the son of India’s world cup-winning coach Rahul Dravid has received his maiden call-up to the Indian U19 side for their upcoming home series against Australia. Dravid has been picked up for both One-day and multi-day series at home.
Soham Patwardhan of Madhya Pradesh will captain the side for the four-day matches, while Mohamed Amaan, an Uttar Pradesh middle-order batter, has been selected skipper of the 50-over squad.
Samit Dravid was seen recently featuring in his first senior tournament, the KSCA Maharaja T20 Trophy in Karnataka, where he is a part of the Mysore Warriors squad. The Warriors are due to play their semi-finals today (Saturday, 31st August) against the Hubli Tigers. Though he wasn’t asked to bowl his medium pace, Dravid accumulated 82 runs at a strike rate of 114 in seven innings while batting in the middle order.
Dravid, 18, was a key player in Karnataka’s victory earlier this year in the Cooch Behar Trophy, a four-day cricket competition for under-19 players. In eight games, he amassed 362 runs and 16 wickets, including two against Mumbai in the championship final.
September 21, 23, and 26 will see three 50-over matches between India Under-19 and Australia Under-19 in Puducherry. On September 30 and October 7, two four-day matches will take place in Chennai.
India U-19 50-over squad:
Rudra Patel (vc)(GCA), Sahil Parakh (MAHCA), Kartikeya KP (KSCA), Mohamed Amaan (capt) (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), Mohammed Enaan (KCA)
India U-19 squad four-day squad:
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Bihar CA), Nitya Pandya (BCA), Vihan Malhotra (vc) (PCA), Soham Patwardhan (capt) (MPCA), Kartikeya KP (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), Mohammed Enaan (KCA)
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