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Former India captain and coach Rahul Dravid on Saturday padded up together with his son Anvay to play for Vijaya Cricket Membership (Malur) in a Third Division (Group I) match for the Nassur Memorial Defend. Dravid senior, who got here to bat at No 6, made 10 off eight balls with a boundary however Anvay scored 58 off 60 balls with eight fours as Vijaya amassed 345 for seven towards Younger Lions Membership. Swapnil was the highest run-getter for the membership with a 50-ball 107 with 12 fours and 4 sixes. Anvay is a wicketkeeper-batter, whereas Samit, the elder son of Dravid, is a pace-bowling all-rounder.
AG Aditya took 4 wickets (4/60) for the Younger Lions.
Dravid, who was in Guwahati for the Rajasthan Royals’ pre-season camp, returned to town a few days in the past.
There are a number of cases of father-son duo enjoying in the identical match at varied ranges reminiscent of WG Grace-Grace Jr, Lala-Surinder Amarnath, Dennis-Adam Lillee, Denis-Heath Streak, Shivnarine-Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Ian-Liam Botham amongst others.
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