Samit Dravid joins U19 India squad

Allrounder Samit Dravid has been chosen in India's Under-19 crew interestingly, for the multi-design home series against Australia Under-19 in September and October. Mohamed Amaan, a center request hitter from Uttar Pradesh, has been named chief of the 50-over crew, while Madhya Pradesh's Soham Patwardhan will lead the group for the four-day matches. Dravid, the child of previous India skipper and mentor Rahul Dravid, as of late played his most memorable senior men's T20 competition - the Maharaja T20 Prize - in Karnataka, where he is important for the Mysuru Champions crew. Batting in the center request, Dravid scored 82 runs at a strike pace of 114 out of seven innings however was not called upon to bowl his medium speed. On the day the lesser selectors declared India's Under-19 crew, Mysuru Champions were because of play the semi-last of the competition. Recently, Dravid, 18, assumed a critical part in Karnataka winning the Cooch Behar Prize, a four-day design competition for under-19 cricketers. He scored 362 runs and took 16 wickets in eight matches, remembering two scalps for the last against Mumbai. India Under-19 will play three 50-over games against Australia Under-19 in Puducherry on September 21, 23 and 26, trailed by two four-day games in Chennai beginning on September 30 and October 7. India U-19 50-over squad Rudra Patel (vc)(GCA), Sahil Parakh (MAHCA), Kartikeya KP (KSCA), Mohamed Amaan (capt) (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), Mohammed Enaan (KCA)