Samit Dravid, son of former Bharat captain and head educator Rahul Dravid, used to be on Saturday drafted into the Bharat under-19 squad for the nearest multi-format order in opposition to Australia.
The 3-match one-day order will likely be held in Puducherry on September 21, 23 and 26, and Bharat will likely be led through Uttar Pradesh’s Mohammad Amaan.
The order will after roll to Chennai for 2 four-day suits starting on September 30 and October 7. The Bharat squad for this leg of the excursion will likely be captained through Soham Patwardhan of Madhya Pradesh.
Samit, a pace-bowling all-rounder, is recently enjoying for Mysore Warriors within the ongoing KSCA Maharaja T20 trophy in Bengaluru.
Alternatively, his outings up to now were underwhelming with the bat – 82 runs from seven innings with a perfect of 33, and he’s but to bowl within the event.
However previous this 12 months, Samit had a fertile past within the Cooch Behar Trophy, enjoying an notable position in Karnataka’s maiden name triumph within the tournament.
The 18-year-old made 362 runs from 8 suits and his 98 in opposition to Jammu and Kashmir stood out for its detail and fluency.
Samit additionally had a memorable event with the ball, the place he claimed 16 scalps in 8 suits, together with two within the ultimate in opposition to Mumbai.
INDIA U-19 SQUAD
For One-Presen Order:
Rudra Patel, Sahil Parakh, Kartikeya KP, Mohd Amaan (Captain), Kiran Chormale, Abhigyan Kundu (wk), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (WK), Samit Dravid, Yudhajit Guha, Samarth N, Nikhil Kumar, Chetan Sharma, Hardik Raj, Rohit Rajawat, Mohd Enaan.
For 4-Presen Order:
Bharat U19 squad for four-day order: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitya Pandya, Vihan Malhotra, Soham Patwardhan (Captain), Kartikeya KP, Samit Dravid, Abhigyan Kundu (WK), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (WK), Chetan Sharma, Samarth N, Aditya Rawat, Nikhil Kumar, Anmoljeet Singh, Aditya Singh, Mohd Enaan.