Harshit Rana’s ODI debut: poor record and tries to return in Nagpur

Last Updated:February 06, 2025, 17:01 IST

Harshit Rana took an unwanted record by scoring 26 runs in the third over of his debut match. In the sixth over of his third and innings, Harshit’s Philip Soult hit 26 runs, showing fours and fours. From this …Read more

Harshit Rana made a debut match memorable, first took 26 runs and two wickets

New Delhi. Record and breakdown on the field is not new, it is just the difference that you want to remember some records, then you want to forget some. Both these things happened at the Jamtha Maidan in Nagpur with the same person. That is, both Khushi and Gum have been experienced in a single match, this man’s name is Harshit Rana, who has already taught the match that the name of cricket is a name.

Harshit Rana got an opportunity to debut in Nagpur. A shameful record has been added to his name in the first ODI of his career. This unfortunate record is related to the over when Harshit scored 26 runs in a single over. On many occasions in white ball cricket, the bowlers have robbed more than 30 runs in one over. But this record of Harshit is embarrassing because he has scored the most runs in one over of ODI debut match by an Indian bowler.

Rana’s first maiden again give Danadan

After getting the cap from Virat’s hand, Harshit Rana Josh was on the sky and by throwing the first over maiden, he indicated that he has come ready. But this happiness could not last long, the sixth over of England’s innings, which was the third over of Harshit, the story changed completely. , Salt hit a six on Rana’s first ball. His trouble has not diminished yet because Salt hit two fours and a six in the next 3 balls. Had he had robbed 20 runs in the first four balls of the Harshit over. There was no run on the fifth ball, but Salt concluded the over with a six. In this way, Salt scored 26 runs in the same over of debutant Harshit Rana. After so much beating, captain Rohit Sharma removed him from the attack. However, when Harshit was given the responsibility of bowling again, he also tried to make two wickets to make up to a great extent.

Indian bowlers with expensive over

In 50 overs cricket, batsmen score a lot of runs in power play, Harshit Rana became his victim. However, this was not the first incident, before looking at the list of Indian bowlers who have done the most expensive over in ODIs, then Yuvraj Singh and Ishant Sharma are in the first place. Yuvraj and Ishant scored 30 runs in the same over of ODIs in the year 2007 and 2014 respectively. In the year 2021, England’s Ben Stokes scored 28 runs in Krunal Pandya’s over. In the year 1981, there were 26 runs in Ravi Shastri’s over. Now the name of Harshit Rana has also been added to this list. He scored 26 runs in ODIs against England. Bowlers become better bowlers after looting runs, in such a situation, it will be interesting to see how Rana emerges after this beating.