Samit Dravid to miss U19 1st youth Test vs Australia

Talented youngster Samit Dravid, son of former India cricketer and Head Coach Rahul Dravid, missed the first youth Test for India Under-19 against Australia at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday, September 30. Samit missed the game due to a knee injury he sustained recently. However, he also missed the recently-concluded youth one-day series which India won 3-0 against Australia as well.

However, Samit Dravid has been working on rehabilitation at the new Center of Excellence in Bengaluru and it is not known yet whether he will be ready to play the second youth Test, starting October 7 in Chennai as well.

Samit Dravid's Under-19 debut delayed

However, Samit Dravid's Under-19 debut has been delayed due to this. The talented player from Karnataka might not get an opportunity to play Under-19 cricket for India too if he doesn't play the second youth Test as well. Meanwhile, he is set to turn 19 on October 11 this year as well, which will also make him ineligible to take part for India in the ICC 2026 Under-19 World Cup, as per news agency PTI.

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A Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) official also opened up on Samit's injury situation, claiming that the team management, led by Under-19 coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar, will wait and watch his progress in the coming week and take a call as well.

The second youth Test will start on October 7 in Chennai

“His MRI scan was done during the one-day matches. We thought of giving him a go at the four-day game, but let’s see how he progresses at the NCA. We are waiting for their report. We also have a second match,” a source close to the development told the news agency.

India: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Nitya Pandya, Soham Patwardhan (captain), KP Karthikeya, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Nikhil Kumar, Mohammed Enaan, Samarth Nagaraj, Aaditya Singh, Aditya Rawat.

Australia: Simon Budge (wicketkeeper/captain), Zac Curtain, Oliver Peake, Steven Hogan, Christian Howe, Riley Kingsell, Addison Sheriff, Aidan O Connor, Thomas Brown, Hayden Schiller, Vishwa Ramkumar.