Former India head coach and captain Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid has been picked by Mysuru Warriors during the player auction for the upcoming Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 season. The middle-order batsman and seamer was acquired for Rs 50,000.
“It’s good to have him in our side as he has shown a lot of promise in various age-group tournaments for KSCA,” stated a Warriors team official.
Samit has been part of the Karnataka under-19 team that clinched the Cooch Behar Trophy this season and has also represented KSCA XI against the visiting Lancashire side earlier this year. Mysuru Warriors, last season’s runners-up, will be led by Karun Nair, with their bowling lineup strengthened by the inclusion of India pacer Prasidh Krishna, who was bought for Rs 1 lakh.
Nair, retained by the franchise, will lead the squad while Prasidh Krishna, recovering from a surgery on his left proximal quadriceps tendon, aims to return to top-flight cricket.
Mysuru Warriors squad: Karun Nair, Karthik CA, Manoj Bhandage, Karthik SU, 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.
