Son of the former Indian legendary batter Rahul Dravid has been picked for the U-19 series against Australia. He will play in both the ODI and four-day matches.
In this series, the ODI games will happen in Puducherry and the four-day matches are slated to be played in Chennai. Mohd Amaan will captain the one-day team, while Soham Patwardhan will lead the four-day team.
Samit Dravid was picked up by Mysuru Warriors in the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 player auction. Mysuru Warriors, who finished as the runner-up last season, acquired Samit for Rs 50,000. He is a versatile middle-order batter and medium-pace bowler.
Samit is an all-rounder who can both bat in the middle order and bowl medium pace. He was also a member of the Karnataka Under-19 team that won the Cooch Behar Trophy for the 2023-24 season, and he played for the Karnataka State Cricket Association XI in a three-day match against Lancashire in Alur.
India U19 squad for one-day series against Australia U19:
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 U19 squad for four-day series against Australia U19:
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)
