Rahul Dravid's son Samit gets picked at Maharaja Trophy auction for Rs 50,000; to play with 3 India stars

Samit Dravid, the son of former India captain and coach Rahul Dravid, was picked for Rs 50,000 at the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 auction on Thursday, July 25 in Bengaluru.

The 18-year-old all-rounder would be playing alongside India internationals Karun Nair, Prasidh Krishna and Krishnappa Gowtham in his maiden season in the Karnataka-based T20 league. Nair has been retained as the captain of Mysore Warriors, who were runners-up last season.

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Samit Dravid is medium-pacer and middle-order batter. He was part of the Karnataka Under-19 team that won the 2023-24 Cooch Behar Trophy, and also represented KSCA XI in a three-day game against the visiting Lancashire side in Alur in March this year.

In the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 auction, Mysore Warriors picked Gowtham for for INR 7.4 lakh and J Suchith for INR 4.8 lakh. Krishna, who recently underwent a surgery on his left proximal quadriceps tendon, was bought for Rs 1 lakh.

Wicketkeeper batter LR Chethan, who played for Gulbarga Mystics last year, was the most expensive player at the auction. He was bought by Bengaluru Blasters at a price of Rs 8.2 lakh.

The likes of Devdutt Padikkal (Gulbarga Mystics), Mayank Agarwal (Bengaluru Blasters), Mohsin Khan (Blaster) and Manish Pandey (Hubli Tigers) will also feature in the T20 tournament.

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