Harshit Rana, Ind vs Eng: Indian team star fast bowler Harshit Rana has made a historical record on Thursday (6 February), which no Indian has been able to do so far. Harshit has achieved this achievement in Nagpur ODI against England. In this case, he has defeated all Indian veterans like Legend Kapil Dev, Jaspreet Bumrah and Zaheer Khan.
In fact, the first match of the 3 -match ODI series between the Indian team and England was played in Nagpur on Thursday. For this match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma gave Harshit Rana a chance in the playing XI. This was his debut ODI match.
The first Indian to take 3+ wickets in all three format debut matches
Harshit showed his light in the match. He made a historical record as soon as he took the third wicket in the match. Please tell that Harshit made Ben Docket, Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone their victims in this match.
Harshit made this record after making Livingstone a victim. Now Harshit Rana has become the first Indian to take 3 or more wickets in his first innings, making debut in all three formats (Test, ODI, T20). Earlier, Harshit has also made her debut in Test and T20.
Was made debut in international cricket from Test match
Harshit made his debut in international cricket from the Perth Test against Australia last year. The match was held in November 2024, in which Harshit took 3 wickets for 48 runs in the first innings of this first Test match. While in the second innings, he took 1 wicket for 69 runs.
After this, Harshit made his T20 cricket debut this year. He played his first match against England on 31 January 2025, in which he took 3 wickets for 33 runs. Now in a week, while making a week’s debut in ODI cricket, he has made this record in his name.
Harshit’s performance in international debut
Test: 3/48 vs Australia, Perth
T20: 3/33 vs England, Pune
ODI: 3/53 vs England, Nagpur
Harshit took 3 wickets in Nagpur ODI
In Nagpur ODI, the England team won the toss and decided to bat first. After this, the entire team was reduced to 248 runs in 47.4 overs. In this match, Harshit Rana bowled 7 overs, taking 3 wickets for 53 runs. During this, he also put an over maiden.
India-England playing-11 in Nagpur ODI:
England team: Ben Docket, Phil Soult (wicketkeeper), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jose Butler (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethel, Bridan Cars, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahmud.
Indian Team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami.