Having a famous surname comes with its own set of pressure for a child, but Samit, son of former India captain Rahul Dravid, has learned to handle it over the years. And it is probably why has helped him earn a maiden India U-19 call-up for a multi-format series at home against Australia, which will be played in September and October. “Samit has grown up knowing what his father’s stature is and knows that there is going to be a lot of pressure. He will be judged on his own skills and what he does on the field. He has to learn to live with the attention without it affecting his batting, he said. Coach of Mysore Warriors, RX Murali, who also mentored India batters like Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul, found Samit down-to-earth and even-tempered. But we make sure that in our team that we don’t discuss all that. “It’s the way his hands move through the line of the ball that stood out for me. He is very aggressive and brave in his mind-set. He has quite a few shots actually beyond the clips you might have all seen — the cover drive where he leans well into the shot, the straight drive, the pull of course and the ability to hit the lofted shots.

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