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Samit Dravid in action during the Men’s Under-19 NCA Inter One Day Tournament on Saturday 24-25 at Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji
Samit Dravid is the former Indian captain and son of former Indian captain. head coach rahul dravidOn Saturday (August 31, 2024), he was named in India’s Under-19 squad for the upcoming multi-format series against Australia.
The three-match ODI series will be held in Puducherry on September 21, 23 and 26 and India will be led by Uttar Pradesh’s Mohammad Aman.
The series will then begin in Chennai for two four-day matches which will start on September 30 and October 7. The Indian team will be captained by Madhya Pradesh’s Soham Patwardhan for this leg of the tour.
Fast bowling all-rounder Samit is currently playing for Mysore Warriors in the ongoing KSCA Maharaja T20 Trophy in Bengaluru.
However, his form with the bat has been nothing special so far – 82 runs in seven innings with a highest score of 33, and he is yet to bowl in the tournament.
But earlier this year, Samit had performed well in the Cooch Behar Trophy and played a key role in Karnataka’s maiden title win in the tournament.
The 18-year-old scored 362 runs in eight matches and his 98-run innings against Jammu and Kashmir was notable for its quality and fluency.
This tournament was also memorable for Samit in terms of bowling, where he took 16 wickets in eight matches, including two wickets in the final against Mumbai.
India Under-19 squad (one-day series)
Rudra Patel, Sahil Parikh, Kartikey KP, Mohammad Aman (captain), Kiran Chormale, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (wicketkeeper), Samit Dravid, Yudhajit Guha, Samarth N, Nikhil Kumar, Chetan Sharma, Hardik Raj, Rohit Rajawat, Mohammad Enan.
India Under-19 squad (four-day series)
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitya Pandya, Vihan Malhotra, Soham Patwardhan (captain), Karthikeya KP, Samit Dravid, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (wicketkeeper), Chetan Sharma, Samarth N, Aditya Rawat, Nikhil Kumar, Anmoljit Singh, Aditya Singh, Mohammad Enan.
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