Harshit Rana Reveals Who Picked Him as Concussion Substitute

Harshit Rana on Concussion Substitute:  The fourth T20 match between India and England was played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. In this match, Shivam Dubey got hit in the head by a bouncer ball while batting.

After this, Harshit Rana was brought into the team as a concussion substitute in place of Dubey and in this way, the fast bowler made his T20I debut.

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However, there has been a lot of uproar after the match regarding the concussion substitute. The England captain expressed his displeasure over this.

Meanwhile, a question in the minds of the fans and everyone is, who was the mastermind behind including Harshit Rana in the playing XI as Shivam Dubey’s concussion substitute? So now Rana ji himself has revealed this.

After the match, Harshit Rana revealed the mastermind of the concussion substitute and said, “This is still a dream debut for me. When Dubey came back (to the dugout), after two overs Sir (Gambhir) told me that I would be the concussion substitute.

This is not just for this series; I have been waiting for a chance for a long time, and I wanted to prove that I deserve it here. I have bowled well in the IPL and I was doing the same here as well.

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India’s Thrilling Win with Key Performances from Hardik, Dubey, and Rana

Talking about the match, after losing the toss and batting first, Team India put 181 runs on the board with the help of half-century innings of Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya.

Team India did not have a good start in this match. Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma could not even open the account, while Sanju Samson also scored 1 run.

At one point India had lost 5 wickets for a score of 79. Then Hardik and Dubey played innings of 53-53 runs and took the team to this score. In response, the England team was all out for 166 runs. For India, Harshit Rana and Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets each.