Anvay Dravid, Rahul Dravid's younger son, has been selected captain of Karnataka's U-19 team for the upcoming Vinoo Mankad Trophy, which will take place in Dehradun beginning October 9.

The nation's best young cricket players have long competed in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, and Anvay's promotion to captain highlights his steady play at the junior level. 

Anvay Dravid, 18-year-old, has become one of the most promising young batters in the state's lineup and was Karnataka's top run scorer in the previous edition of the competition.

Meanwhile, Karun Nair, a discarded India batter, will return to Karnataka after a two-season absence, having been named in the squad for the Ranji Trophy opening match against Saurashtra, which begins in Rajkot on October 15.

Karun rejoined Karnataka after helping the Vidarbha side win the Ranji Trophy last season. Karun will have another chance to make his comeback to the Indian cricket team. He was dropped from India's Test squad for the ongoing two-match home series against the West Indies.

Mayank Agarwal will continue to head Karnataka. Meanwhile, Manish Pandey appears to have reached the end of his first-class cricket career after not being selected.

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.

Karnataka U19 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, Rehan Mohammed (wk).

(Times of India inputs)