The legendary Rahul Dravid’s son, Anvay Dravid, will captain Karnataka in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy this season, which will take place in Dehradun from October 9 to 17.
During the last edition of the tournament, 16-year-old Anvay was the state’s top scorer.
India international Karun Nair will play for Karnataka after a two-season break after being selected in the state squad for the first Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra, which starts in Rajkot on October 15.
Prior to this season, Karun returned to the state squad from Vidarbha, where he was instrumental in the team’s successful Ranji Trophy campaign the previous year. Previously, the middle-order batter was listed as one of the probables.
Karnataka, which has added some new players like Mohsin Khan, Shikhar Shetty, and Kruthika Krishna, will still be led by Mayank Agarwal.
Karnataka squads:
Vinoo Mankad Trophy: Anvay Dravid (Captain and Wicketkeeper), Nitish Arya, Adarsh D Urs, S Manikanth (Vice-captain), Praneeth Shetty, Vasav Venkatesh, Akshath Prabhakar, C Vaibhav, Kuldeep Singh Purohit, Rathan B R, Vaibhav Sharma, K A Tejas, Atharv Malviya, Sunny Kanchi, Rehan Mohammed (Wicketkeeper)
Ranji Trophy: Mayank Agarwal (Captain), Karun Nair, R Smaran, K L Shrijith (Wicketkeeper), Shreyas Gopal, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Abhilash Shetty, M Venkatesh, Nikin Jose, Abhinav Manohar, Kruthik Krishna (Wicketkeeper), K V Aneesh, Mohsin Khan, Shikhar Shetty
