Rahul Dravid's 14-Year Old Son Samit Dravid Scores Stunning Double Century In Inter-Zonal Tournament

Samit Dravid, son of legendary cricketer Rahul Dravid, is looking set to follow in the footsteps of his father. Rahul Dravid is one of the finest batsmen to have played the game. He is one of the very few batsmen in the history of the game who have crossed 10,000-run mark in both Tests as well as ODIs. With Sachin Tendulkar in the team, he wasn’t quite the best Indian batsmen of his era but he probably would have been in any other.

Fondly called The Wall, Dravid scored 13288 Test and 10889 ODI runs during his illustrious career which spanned for 16 years. He holds the record for most number of Test runs at number three as well as most number of outfield catches in the longest format of the game. He also captained India during his career and led the team to famous Test series wins in England and West Indies.

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Dravid has continued his association with the game even after hanging up his boots. He was the coach of the India U19 and India A teams. Under him, India U19 won the ICC U19 World Cup in 2018 in dominating fashion. Currently, he is the director of National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore.

Like father like son:

Samit Dravid has made the headlines once again by blasting a double century in an Under-14 state-level match this week. At just 14-years-old, Samit Dravid scored 201 for Vice-President’s XI vs Dharwad Zone in an Under-14 inter-zonal tournament. Samit Dravid’s knock came off 256 balls and was studded with 22 boundaries.

He impressed in the second innings too and scored an unbeaten 94 as the match ended in a draw. The budding cricketer made his mark with the ball too as he picked up three wickets to show his all-round skills.

This is not the first time Samit Dravid has hogged the limelight. In 2015, he had scored three half-centuries in U12 cricket while playing for his school Mallya Aditi International. All his three fifties came in match-winning causes. In the following year, he made it to the news again by scoring 125 against Frank Anthony Public School.