Sons Of Former Indian Cricketers Who Can Possibly Represent The Country In The Future

Cricket, much like other facets of life, have frequently thrown up father-son duos who have gone on to represent their country at the highest level. Whenever a son of a hugely celebrated cricketer steps onto the cricket field, he is faced with the pressure of emulating the feats of his predecessor.

While some manage to carve out a different niche for themselves, a lot of them forever remain entangle under the shadows of their old man. As far as Indian cricket is concerned, we are currently seeing sons of a plethora of former Indian cricketers take strides in domestic and age-level cricket.

Here’s a look at sons of former Indian cricketers who can possibly represent the country in the future:

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Aryan Bangar

Son of former Indian Test opener and batting coach Sanjay Bangar, Aryan has been raking up headlines in the domestic circuit courtesy his impressive performances.

Aryan has been showing a lot of promise and recently there were reports of him getting some tips from the current bowling coach Bharat Arun. Representing Puducherry in Cooch Bihar Trophy, Aryan Bangar racked up 300 runs in a mere five games which includes a 150 and two half-centuries. He also picked up 20 wickets.

Aryan is currently playing junior county cricket for Leicestershire and it will be interesting to see how his journey pans out in the upcoming years.

Arjun Tendulkar

Arjun Tendulkar, a tall lanky lad, has had the best of resources to hone his fast bowling skills and till now, he has been able to make the most of it.

Arjun has a genuine outswinger’s action and can move the ball at a significant pace for his age. He is also a handy lower-middle order batsman.

The teenager regularly bowls in various international teams like Indian men and women and England Men’s team net sessions, which has given him a lot of exposure.

Arjun raked up headlines earlier this year when he gave an injury scare to England batsman Jonny Bairstow in the nets. Arjun still has a long way to go and if he does eventually makes it to the Indian team, the pressure on him would be much more compared as compared to his legendary father.

Samit Dravid

Son of probably one of the greatest-ever cricketers to have played this beautiful game, Rahul Dravid, Samit already has a huge burden of expectations on his shoulders, but the talented teenager seems to be taking it as a huge motivation.

Samit first made headlines back in 2015 when he slammed three half-centuries in a U-12 tournament, each of which ended up in a win for his school Mallya Aditi International.

Three years later, the junior Dravid scored a brilliant 150 in KSCA’s BTR Under-14 Inter-School tournament. Earlier this year, Samit was once again in the news when he scored a brilliant double-hundred [250-ball 201] in a U-14 inter-zonal match. He followed it up with yet another 50+ score [94*] in his second innings besides taking 3-26.

While there is still a long way to go, Samit Dravid seems well and truly on the right track.