Rahul Dravid’s Son Samit: Selected in the Under-19 team… but Rahul Dravid’s son Samit will not be able to play in the World Cup, know the whole matter

Under the coaching of Rahul Dravid, the Indian cricket team won the T20 World Cup 2024 title. Dravid’s tenure as head coach ended with the T20 World Cup. Now Dravid’s son Samit has also followed in his father’s footsteps. 18-year-old Samit Dravid has been selected in the Indian team for ODIs and four-day matches against Australia-19.

Samit is not only a great right-handed batsman. He also bowls right-arm medium pace. Samit Dravid has also been a part of the Karnataka Under-19 team, which won the Cooch Behar Trophy in the 2023-24 season. He also represented the Karnataka State Cricket Association XI in a three-day match against Lancashire. Samit Dravid is part of the Mysore Warriors team in the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament.

… then Samit will not be able to play in Under-19 World Cup

Samit will be seen playing for India for the first time at the Under-19 level. Samit has been selected in India’s Under-19 team, but he will not be able to play in the Under-19 World Cup to be held in 2026. Samit was born on 10 November 2005 and is about two months away from his 19th birthday. Therefore, when the 2026 Under-19 World Cup will be held, he will be more than 20 years old. The next Under-19 World Cup is to be played in Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Samit’s father Rahul Dravid is considered one of the greatest players in the world. 50-year-old Rahul Dravid represented India in 164 Tests and 340 ODIs, and also captained the team during 2005-07. There are only two batsmen from Team India who have scored more than 10,000 runs in both Tests and ODIs. One great batsman is Sachin Tendulkar and the other is Rahul Dravid. Dravid scored 13,288 runs in Test cricket at an average of 52.31, which included 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries. In ODI International, Dravid has 10,889 runs to his name at an average of 39.16. In ODI International, Dravid scored 12 centuries and 81 half-centuries.

Let us tell you that the Indian Under-19 team will play three ODIs and two four-day matches against Australia-19. All three ODIs between the two teams will be played in Puducherry. Both the four-day matches will be held in Chennai. While Mohammad Aman will captain the Indian Under-19 team in the ODI series, Soham Patwardhan has been given the responsibility of captaincy in the four-day matches.

Indian Under-19 squad for ODI series: Rudra Patel, Sahil Parikh, Kartikey KP, Mohammad Aman (captain), Kiran Chormale, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (wicketkeeper), Samit Dravid, Yudhishth Guha, Samarth N, Nikhil Kumar, Chetan Sharma, Hardik Raj, Rohit Raj Awat, Mohammad Enan.

Indian Under-19 squad 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.

Under-19 team schedule (against Australia-19)
Sep 21: 1st ODI, Puducherry, 9:30 AM
Sep 23: 2nd ODI, Puducherry, 9:30 AM
Sep 26: 3rd ODI, Puducherry, 9:30 AM
Sep 30-Oct 3: 1st four-day match, Chennai, 9:30 AM
Oct 07 to Oct 10: 2nd Four-Day Match, Chennai, 9:30 AM