BTR Shield: Rahul Dravid’s sons Samit, Anvay put on 260-run partnership in Bengaluru
Rahul Dravid's sons Samit Dravid and Anvay Dravid dazzled in the BTR Shield Under-14 school cricket tournament. They had a double century partnership and helped Mallya Aditi International School enter the semi-finals
Bengaluru: Batting legend Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid (pictured above) continued his rich vein of form to guide Mallya Aditi International School into the semi-finals of the BTR Shield tournament for Under-14 years (Group 1, 2nd Division) in Bengaluru recently.
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Playing against Vidyashilp Academy, captain Samit hit 166 off 131 balls and later took four wickets. Mallya Aditi International School won by 148 runs in their quarter-final contest. In the same match, Rahul Dravid’s younger son wicketkeeper-batsman Anvay too dazzled with the willow, scoring 90.
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Samit and Anvay had a partnership of 260 runs off 224 balls with the former contributing 151 and the latter 86.
Earlier in the tournament, Samit had hit a double century (211 not out) against BGS National Public School. Prior to this, in the KSCA Under-14 inter-zonal tournament, Samit had hit 201.
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Brief scores
Mallya Aditi International School: 330/5 in 50 overs (Anvay Dravid 90, Samit Dravid 166 (131 balls, 24x4), Aadeith VM 2/60) beat Vidyashilp Academy: 182 all out in 38.5 overs (Pranav Prakash 22,Vyom VP 29, Agastya D 54, Samit Dravid 4/35, Dayan 3/29, Joshua G 2/40) by 148 runs.
St. Francis School, ICSE: 227/8 in 50 overs (Abhiram KN 25, Jash R Patel 53, Abhishek 20, Chirag 28, Jagath Babu 36, Bharath M 2/45, Kushal Jain 2/40) beat Carmel High School, B – 79: 185 all out in 46.4 overs (K Kishan Gowda 36, Bharath M 21, Hanish S Adhi 45, Aneesh 2/29) by 42 runs.
Vidyaniketan Public School, CBSE: 150 all out in 39 overs (Sankalp K Teil 21, Avaneesh RP 37, Arnav Mishra 2/11, Tejas Sahay 2/25, Abhinav PJ 3/24, Karthikeyan V 3/14) lost to BGS National Public School: 151/2 in 29.5 overs (Arnav Mishra 102 not out (93 balls, 19 X 4)) by 8 wickets.
Sri RV School, Kolar: 159 all out in 47 overs (Gagan CM 20, Monish Kathik 42, Kishan P 34, Arjun Y 2/47, Adriesl Edward 3/29, Kevin D 2/27) beat St. Joseph’s Indian High School: 107 all out in 45 overs (Tarun S 25, Monish Karthik R 2/13, Kishan P 2/14, Nikhil N 2/26, Rahul Ram L 2/15) by 52 runs.