Rahul Dravid’s son Anvay Dravid follows father’s footsteps; will lead the Karnataka Under-14 Cricket team

Like Dravid, Anvay is also a wicketkeeper. Anvay has often hogged the limelight for his consistent batting.


Rahul Dravid’s son Anvay Dravid follows father’s footsteps; will lead the Karnataka Under-14 Cricket team

Rahul Dravid with Samit and Anvay Dravid

India head coach Rahul Dravid’s younger son, Anvay Dravid, will lead Karnataka’s Under-14 team in the inter-zonal tournament. Like Dravid, Anvay is also a wicketkeeper. Anvay has often hogged the limelight for his consistent batting.

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Anvay is not the only son of Dravid. His elder son, Samit Dravid, also plays at the Under-14 level. Samit has slammed two double centuries in the 2019/2020 season.

Meanwhile, under Rahul Dravid’s guidance, India won the first ODI match against New Zealand. They are set to play the second ODI on January 21.

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Famous father-son pairs in cricket

Anvay Dravid
Arjun Tendulkar and Sachin Tendulkar

This is not a new thing for the sons of cricketers to emulate their fathers. Before this, Lala Amarnath’s two sons, Surinder and Mohinder, followed in their father’s footsteps. Surinder, like his father, slammed a century on his Test debut. Surinder wasn’t very successful but his two years younger brother Mohinder has scored 11 centuries in 69 Tests for India. Mohinder was an integral part of the 1983 World Cup-winning Indian squad.

The Nawab of Pataudi Sr wasn’t as successful as his son Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was. Mansur Ali Khan played 46 Tests and scored 2793 runs. He also led the team in 40 of those Tests.

The Marsh family was a success on the field. Father Geoff Marsh played a crucial role for Australia in their 1987 World Cup win. Shaun Marsh and Mitchell Marsh represented Australia in all three formats.

Stuart Broad’s father Chris Board played in 34 ODIs and 25 Tests for India. Son Stuart is the third-highest wicket-taker for England, as well as fifth highest wicket-taker of all time.

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Sanjay Manjrekar, who is now a TV commentator represented India in Tests and ODIs. His father was one of the finest fast bowlers in India.

There are other father-son pairs, the likes of Peter Pollock and Shaun Pollock, Hanif Mohammad and Shoaib Mohammad, Walter Hadlee and Richard Hadlee, Sunil Gavaskar and Rohan Gavaskar and the recent is Sachin Tendulkar and Arjun Tendulkar.

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