Samit Dravid, son of Team India great Rahul Dravid, was on Saturday named in the India U-19 squad for the home series against Australia.

His selection for the multi-format series, slated to get underway in September, comes after he represented the Mysuru Warriors’ in the Maharaja T20 Trophy in Karnataka, where he scored 82 runs at a strike rate of 114 in seven outings.

The 18-year-old, a medium pacer, played a pivotal role in guiding Karnataka to the Cooch Behar Trophy. He accumulated 362 runs and picked up 18 wickets and scalped two wickets in the final against Mumbai.

Mohamed Amaan will lead India in the 50-over format while Soham Patwardhan will take charge of the four-day squad against Australia Under-19.

India and Australia will face off in three 50-over format games in Puducherry on September 21, 23, and 26, which will be followed by two four-day games in Chennai, scheduled to take place on September 30 and October 7.

Squads: 

India U-19 50-over: 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)

India U-19 squad four-day: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Bihar CA), Nitya Pandya (BCA), Vihan Malhotra (vc) (PCA), Soham Patwardhan (capt) (MPCA), Kartikeya KP (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), Mohammed Enaan (KCA)