It was less than three months ago when one Dravid called time on his coaching career, and now another one has bagged his first franchise contract, taking his initial steps in professional cricket. In a development that has caught the attention, Samit Dravid, the son of former Indian captain and head coach Rahul Dravid, has secured his first T20 franchise cricket contract at the Shriram Capital Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 auction.
Rahul Dravid’s son picked for Rs 50K
The 18-year-old, who is a pace-bowling all-rounder, was picked up by last season’s runners-up, Mysuru Warrior Maharaja KSCA T20 auction held in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Dravid (Jnr), a promising talent who can contribute with both bat and ball, was a key member of the Karnataka Under-19 team that clinched the 2023-24 Cooch Behar Trophy. He gained further experience when he represented KSCA XI in a three-day match against Lancashire. He will be captained under veteran Karun Nair.
Power-packed auction, head by LR Chethan
The Maharaja Trophy auction witnessed considerable interest, with several big names going under the hammer. Karun Nair retained his captaincy for Mysuru Warriors and the team further bolstered its squad by acquiring all-rounders K Gowtham and J Suchith. Meanwhile, injured pacer Prasidh Krishna was also picked up by the Warriors.
The auction saw a competitive bidding war for wicketkeeper-batter LR Chethan, who eventually fetched a hefty price of INR 8.2 lakh to join Bengaluru Blasters. Chethan was the most expensive player at the auction.
The 2024 edition of the Maharaja Trophy is scheduled to be held from September 15 to October 1, with all matches taking place at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 league squads 2024
Hubli Tigers: Manish Pandey, Shrijith KL, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Manvanth Kumar L, Cariappa KC, Mohammed Taha, Thippa Reddy, Karthikeya KP, Kumar LR, Aadarsh Prajwal, Kruthik Krishna, Aneeshwar Gautam, Madhav Prakash Bajaj, Shreesha S Acahar, Daman Deep Singh, Mitrakant Yadav, Nishchith Pai, Rishi Bopanna
Mysore Warriors: Karun Nair, Karthik CA, Manoj Bhandage, Karthik S U, Suchith J, Gowtham K, Vidyadhar Patil, Venkatesh M, Harshil Dharmani, Goutham Mishra, Dhanush Gowda, Samit Dravid, Deepak Devadiga, Sumit Kumar, Smayan Srivastava, Jasper EJ, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Sarfaraz Ashraf
Shivamogga Lions: Abhinav Manohar, Nihal Ullal, Koushik V, Shivaraj S, Pradeep T, Hardik Raj, Dhruv Prabhakar, Anand Doddamani, Rajvir Wadhwa, Avinash D, Dheeraj Mohan, Bharath Dhuri, Aadithya Vishwa Karma, Aditya Mani, Rohit K, Rohan Naveen, Sharath HS, Mohith BA
Gulbarga Mystics: Devdutt Padikkal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Smaran R, Aneesh KV, Pravin Dubey, Luvnith Sisodia, Sharath BR, Aaditya Nair, Monish Reddy, Sharan Goud, Yashovardhan Parantap, Nathan Dmello Joachim, Faizan Riaz, Ritesh Bhatkal, Wahid Faizan Khan, Abhishek Prabhakar, Prithvi Shekhawat, Shimon Luiz
Bengaluru Blasters: Shubhang Hegde, Mayank Agarwal, Mohsin Khan, Suraj Ahuja, Anirudha Joshi, Naveen MG, Prateek Jain, Chethan LR, Melu Kranthi Kumar, Santokh Singh, Aditya Goyal, Rakshith S, Varun Rao TN, Niranjan Naik, Lavish Kaushal, Varun Kumar HC, Shikhar Shetty, Bheem Rao Navale
Mangaluru Dragons: Rohan Patil, Paras Gurbax Arya, Siddharth KV, Nikin Jose, Shreyas Gopal, Dheeraj J Gowda, Darshan MB, Macneil Hadley Noronha, Tushar Singh, Lankesh KS, Samarth Nagaraj, Sankalp SS, Abhilash Shetty, Nischith Rao, Lochan S Gowda, Pranav Bhatia, Sanjay Ashwin, Sagar Solanki
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