Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid has been selected in the Indian team for the first time.
Samit Dravid India Under-19 squad: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday, 31 August announced the schedule and the Indian Under-19 team for the upcoming multi-format series against Australia. In this team, Samit Dravid, son of former India captain and coach Rahul Dravid, has been selected in the Under-19 team for the first time. Samit Dravid is part of both the ODI and four-day squads.
This Under-19 series between India and Australia will start from September 21. Three ODIs and two four-day matches will be played between India and Australia. For this series, Uttar Pradesh’s middle order batsman Mohammad Aman has been made the captain of the 50 overs team, while Madhya Pradesh’s Soham Patwardhan will captain the team for the four-day matches.
Samit Dravid recently played his first senior men’s T20 tournament in Karnataka, Maharaja T20 Trophy. There he is a part of the Mysore Warriors team. Batting in the middle order, Samit has scored 82 runs in seven innings at a strike rate of 114 so far and today his team Mysore Warriors has a semi-final match. India Under-19 team will play three 50-over matches against Australia Under-19 in Puducherry on 21, 23 and 26 September, followed by two four-day matches in Chennai on 30 September and 7 October.
India’s squad for the home multi-format series against Australia
Squad for ODI series: Rudra Patel (VC) (GCA), Sahil Parakh (MAHCA), Kartikeya KP (KSCA), Mohammed Aman (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 Raj Awat (MPCA), Mohammed Enan (KCA)
Squad for the four-day series: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Bihar CA), Nitya Pandya (BCA), Vihan Malhotra (VC) (PCA), Soham Patwardhan (C) (MPCA), Kartikey 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), Anmoljit Singh (PCA), Aditya Singh (UPCA), Mohammed Enan (KCA)