Rahul Dravid's Younger Son Named Captain, Older Included In Karnataka U-23 Side

It was a day of happiness in the Dravid household as the two sons of one of the greatest cricketers of India, Rahul Dravid -- Samit and Anvay -- were named in the state teams of Karnataka.

While Anvay Dravid was named captain of the state U-19 team for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy (white-ball tournament), which begins on October 9, Samit Dravid was selected in the U-23 squad for the Multi-Day Col CK Nayudu Trophy 2025-26. 

Along with these two trophies, the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) also announced the team for the Ranji Trophy. The biggest omission from the selected candidates was Manish Pandey. It seems that his First-Class career is nearly over. 

Karun Nair, who, after an average showing in England, was removed from the national Test set-up, has gone back to Karnataka, after playing two seasons, which included a Ranji Trophy-winning campaign for Vidarbha in 2024-25. 

Karnataka Vinoo Mankad Trophy Squad

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

Karnataka Col CK Nayudu Trophy Squad

Prakhar Chaturvedi, Karthik SU, Jasper EJ, Harshil Dharmani, KP Karthikeya (captain), Aneeshwar Gautam, Samit Dravid, Dhruv Prabhakar (wk), Sanjay Ashwin, Hardik Raj, Yashovardhan Parantap, Shashikumar K, Monish Reddy, Dhanush Gowda (wk), Faizan Khan.

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