Rahul Dravid Set to accept as the mentor of the Indian group, Rahul Dravid has closed down from his past innings with a 'masterstroke.'
TOI has discovered that with Coronavirus having ended junior cricket throughout the previous two years, Dravid, who was till as of late the top of the National Cricket Academy, had proposed to the BCCI to lead the approaching Under-19 Challenger in Ahmedabad from November 2-10 as a six-group design, something that the Board consented to. The competition expects importance in the light of the way that it will be a determination competition for the Under-19 World Cup, which will happen in the West Indies from the primary seven day stretch of January one year from now.
"It was an excellent idea from Dravid, which the BCCI has decided to implement. There's been no junior cricket for the last two years, which has left many under-19 cricketers deprived of the sport. A few games in the recently-held Vinoo Mankad Trophy were washed out. Six teams, consisting of 15 boys each, means that 90 boys will get a chance to make a case for themselves for selection into the India under-19 team. It will offer the selectors a wider pool of players to choose from. Initially, It was decided to pick 14 boys per team, but then BCCI secretary Jay Shah, in a meeting with the junior national selectors recently, proposed the number to be increased to 15, to enable more boys to get a chance," a source in the BCCI told TOI on Saturday.
Dravid himself is likely to visit Ahmedabad to watch the tournament. "The players have to report to the venue on Monday, and quarantine from October 25-30. They will then train on October 31 & 1st," informed the source.
Three boys from Mumbai-Ayaz Khan, Angkrish Raghuwanshi and Prince Badiyani, have been picked for the U-19 Challengers.