Rahul Dravid, a former captain and coach of India’s son Samit Dravid who is called up for the Under-19 series against Australia. He is selected for both one-day and four-day series. There will be three 50-over games in this series which are to be played in Puducherry and two four-day matches that will take place in Chennai. Mohd Amaan will lead the one-day team while Soham Patwardhan heads the four-day side.
The same three-match one day series will occur on September 21, 23 and 26 at Puducherry where it would be led by Mohammad Amaan from Uttar Pradesh representing India.
The two four-day matches will then start on September 30th and October 7 in Chennai. Madhya Pradesh’s captain Soham Patwardhan will lead India’s squad for this leg of the tour.
Currently, Samit is representing Mysore Warriors in the KSCA Maharaja T20 trophy that is taking place in Bengaluru.
With the bat, however, he has drawn blanks – 82 runs off seven innings and highest score of 33; he hasn’t bowled a ball either during this tournament.
Earlier on in this year Samit was able to put up a very impressive performance during the Cooch Behar trophy that helped Karnataka secure their first title in the event.
The eighteen year old managed to score 362 runs from a total of eight matches, his knock of 98 runs against Jammu and Kashmir being one of his best.
Notably, he was equally good with his bowling where he took 16 wickets in eight matches including two in the final match against Mumbai.
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)
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