Harshit Rana’s Dream Debut: Shines With 3 Wicket Haul

Harshit Rana has been playing domestic cricket for the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the past year. In the little career time he’s had, he has proved to be a significant rising cricket icon. He was joint-fourth wicket-taker at the IPL 2204 with 19 wickets in 13 matches.

He made his ODI debut on 6 February against England in Nagpur after he was chosen over Arshdeep Singh. Rana created history by taking 3 wickets in his debut match for 53 runs in 7 overs. He struggled initially as Phil Salt hit 26 runs including 3 sixes and 3 fours.

However, the 23-year-old bowling all-rounder came back stronger than ever and dismissed Ben Duckett, Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone. He now holds the record for being the first Indian Bowler to claim three wickets on debut in either format.

He also became a topic of sensation after bowling his first maiden over in his debut match. He gave 11 runs in his first over but bowled a maiden over against batsman Phil Salt.

Harshit Rana made his international debut in 2024 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and Border-Gavaskar Trophy on 31 January 2025. He has taken 47 wickets in 12 matches in first-class cricket and scored 476 runs with a batting average of 34.00.

He has also played 14 List A matches where he took 22 runs, his personal best being 4 wickets for 17 runs. He continues to prove his worth with every single match he plays. He might retain his position in Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, keeping his impressive performance recently in mind. Regarding his ODI Debut, KKR took to Instagram and wrote, “All Format Wicket-taker”.

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Squad of India vs England ODI

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami

England: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt(w), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood.