Indian pacer Harshit Rana posted a heartwarming image on social media, celebrating his call-up to the ODI staff together with his father and telling him that this accomplishment of his life “belongs to him”. Harshit Rana was among the many youthful and newer stars named within the white-ball staff for India’s white-ball tour of Sri Lanka ranging from July 27 onwards. This might be India’s first-ever worldwide task below the brand new head coach, Gautam Gambhir. The previous opener was introduced as India’s coach earlier in July after Rahul Dravid’s contract ended following Males in Blue’s ICC T20 World Cup title win.
Taking to Instagram, Rana wrote, “This BELONGS to you…LOVE YOU DAD.” Previously, Rana lifted his father, Pradeep, in his arms, who was carrying an Indian jersey.
Rana was additionally part of the squad for the Zimbabwe tour this month, which concerned 5 T20I matches, however didn’t play a recreation. Harshit had a splendid IPL with match winners Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), a staff which Gambhir mentored to their first title in a decade and total their third. The 22-year-old picked 19 wickets at a median of 20.15, selecting large scalps all through the season, together with Heinrich Klaasen, Virat Kohli, Faf Du Plessis, and KL Rahul. He was the fourth-highest wicket-taker within the season.
Notably, Rana has taken 28 wickets in 25 T20Is. Notably, the Delhi bowler can bat as nicely, as he has a century and fifty every in first-class cricket, wherein he averages 49.00 in 9 innings with a strike fee of 89.
India might be led by two completely different captains for the T20I and ODI legs of the Sri Lanka tour, all set to start on 27 July. With Rohit Sharma having retired from the T20Is, Suryakumar Yadav will lead the facet within the shortest format in opposition to Sri Lanka. Barring a number of modifications, the facet bears a well-recognized look to the squad that featured in India’s profitable ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024 marketing campaign.
The ODI facet sees various stalwarts, together with Rohit and Virat Kohli, return to the setup. The squad seems to be much like the one which dominated the 2023 50-over World Cup in India, ending up as runners-up to Australia in a heartbreaking loss after a 10-match win streak.
T20I Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), duhubman Gill (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj.
ODI Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
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