Legendary batter and former head coach Rahul Dravid’s son Samit has earned his maiden call-up in the India U-19 squad for the multi-format series against Australia U-19.
BCCI announced the Under-19 squad on August 31 where Samit Dravid also found a place in both red-ball and white-ball teams. The 18-year-old Samit recently played in the Maharaja T20 Trophy for Mysore Warriors where he scored 82 runs from seven innings at an average of 11.71 and a strike rate of 113.88.
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His highest score comes from the match against Gulbarga Mystics scoring 33 runs with the help of four fours and a six. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh’s Mohamed Amaan will be seen leading the ODI in the upcoming series while Soham Patwardhan will be seen leading the team in the four-day matches.
India’s U-19 multi-format tournament will kickstart with the ODI series and the first match will be played on September 21 at Puducherry.
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)
