Anvay Dravid, son of Rahul Dravid, will lead Karnataka in this season’s Vinoo Mankad Trophy. Named after the legendary former India all-rounder, the Vinoo Mankad Trophy is India’s premier 50-over cricket tournament for the under-10 age group. The 2025 edition will be held at Dehradun from October 9-17.
Anvay will be the captain and the wicketkeeper for Karnataka. Anvay, 16, is seen as a promising wicketkeeper-batter in the Karnataka circles. He has captained previous age-group teams as well. His elder brother and Dravid’s elder son, Samit, 19, has also represented Karnataka in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, and is currently vying for a spot in the senior side, while also playing in the Maharaja T20 league.
Karnataka squad for Vinoo Mankad Trophy: Anvay
Dravid (captain, wk), Nitish Arya, Adarsh D Urs, S Manikanth (vice-captain), Praneeth Shetty, Vasav Venkatesh, Akshath Prabhakar, C Vaibhav, Kuldeep Singh Purohit, Rathan BR, Vaibhav Sharma, KA Tejas, Atharv Malviya, Sunny Kanchi, and Rehan Mohammed (wk).
Meanwhile, India batter Karun Nair will turn out for Karnataka after a two-season break, after being named in the state squad for the opening Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra, beginning in Rajkot from October 15.
Karun rejoined the state side ahead of this season from Vidarbha, where he played a major hand in the team’s victorious Ranji Trophy campaign last season. Nair left Karnataka for the Nagpur-based team after some reported issues with a few decision-makers on the board, but was requested to return before this year.
The middle-order batter was earlier named in the probables.
Mayank Agarwal will continue to lead Karnataka, who have named some new faces such as Kruthika Krishna, Shikhar Shetty, and Mohsin Khan.
Karnataka Ranji Trophy squad: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Karun Nair, R Smaran, KL Shrijith (wk), Shreyas Gopal, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Abhilash Shetty, M Venkatesh, Nikin Jose, Abhinav Manohar, Kruthik Krishna (wk), KV Aneesh, Mohsin Khan, Shikhar Shetty.
