Indian team announced for home series against Australia, Rahul Dravid’s son Samit gets a chance


IND19 vs AUS19: A big dream of former Indian cricket team batsman Rahul Dravid has come true. His son Samit Dravid has been selected in Team India. Actually, in September, Indian Under-19 team has to play a series against Australia Under-19 team. Samit’s name is in both the squads.

By Kushagra Valuskar

Publish Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 10:26:57 AM (IST)

Updated Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 10:35:19 AM (IST)

Indian team announced for home series against Australia, Rahul Dravid's son Samit gets a chance
Samit Dravid got a place in the Under-19 team for the first time. – File photo

HighLights

  1. Mohammad Aman was made the captain of the 50 overs team.
  2. Madhya Pradesh’s Soham Patwardhan will captain the four-day matches.
  3. Samit Dravid is currently playing in the Maharaj T20 Cup.

Sports Desk, Indore. IND19 vs AUS19: The Border Gavaskar Trophy Test series between India and Australia will begin on November 22. Meanwhile, the Indian Cricket Board has announced the Under-19 team, which will play ODIs and four-day matches against the Kangaroo Under-19 team.

Samit was part of Mysore Warriors

BCCI announced different squads today (Saturday), in which the most famous name is that of Samit Dravid, who is the son of former Team India head coach Rahul Dravid. Let us tell you that Samit was in the news these days due to his poor performance.

He was a part of Mysore Warriors in the Maharaja T20 Trophy. After a few matches, he was dropped from the team. In the last league match on 28 August, Samit Dravid did not get a place in the playing eleven. However, now the doors of Team India at Under-19 have opened for Samit.

Indian team’s Under-19 squad for the series against Australia

Squad for ODI series

Rudra Patel (vice-captain), Sahil Parikh, Kartikey KP, Mohammad Aman (captain), Kiran Chormale, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (wicketkeeper), Samit Dravid, Yudhjit Guha, Samarth N, Nikhil Kumar, Chetan Sharma, Hardik Raj, Rohit Rajawat, Mohammad Enan.

Squads for the four-day series

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitya Pandya, Vihan Malhotra (vice-captain), Soham Patwardhan (captain), Kartikey KP, Samit Dravid, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (wicketkeeper), Chetan Sharma, Samarth N, Aditya Rawat, Nikhil Kumar, Anmoljit Singh, Aditya Singh, Mohammad Enan.