Rahul Dravid’s son to lead Karnataka U-19; Karun Nair returns to action | Cricket News – The Times of India

Rahul Dravid’s youthful son, Anvay Dravid, has been named captain of Karnataka’s U-19 aspect for the upcoming Vinoo Mankad Trophy, which will likely be held in Dehradun from October 9.Meanwhile, discarded India batter Karun Nair will prove for Karnataka after a hiatus of two seasons, as he has been named within the state squad for the opening Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Saurashtra, starting in Rajkot from October 15.Karun rejoined the state aspect forward of this season from Vidarbha, the place he performed a serious function within the group’s victorious Ranji Trophy marketing campaign final season.Mayank Agarwal will proceed to lead Karnataka. Meanwhile, it appears to be like like an finish of highway for Manish Pandey within the first-class cricket because the veteran batter has not been picked. It will likely be one other probability for Karun to make a comeback into the Indian cricket group.He was dropped from the Indian Test squad for the continued two-match Test collection at house in opposition to the West Indies.“We expected more from Karun Nair in England. It cannot be about just one innings. Devdutt Padikkal offers more options to us. We want to give at least 15–20 chances to every player, but it is not possible every time,” Agarkar had stated at a press convention in Dubai.

Karnataka Ranji Trophy squad: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Karun Nair, R Smaran, KL Shrijith (wk), Shreyas Gopal, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Abhilash Shetty, M Venkatesh, Nikin Jose, Abhinav Manohar, Kruthik Krishna (wk), KV Aneesh, Mohsin Khan, Shikhar Shetty.Karnataka squad for Vinoo Mankad Trophy: Anvay Dravid (captain, wk), Nitish Arya, Adarsh D Urs, S Manikanth (vice-captain), Praneeth Shetty, Vasav Venkatesh, Akshath Prabhakar, C Vaibhav, Kuldeep Singh Purohit, Rathan BR, Vaibhav Sharma, KA Tejas, Atharv Malviya, Sunny Kanchi, Rehan Mohammed (wk).