India’s T20I and ODI squads for the tour of Sri Lanka have sprung out a couple of surprises. One in every of them was the maiden ODI call-up for the quick bowler Harshit Rana. Rana has been performing exceedingly nicely over the previous few months.
The teenager had an excellent IPL and was anticipated to be in India’s T20I plans quickly. However as a substitute, the quick bowler received a spot within the ODI squad. In consequence, he expressed his happiness on social media alongside together with his father. In the meantime, India’s new T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has posted a heart-touching response to Harshit Rana’s put up.
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Suryakumar Yadav’s heart-touching response to Harshit Rana’s maiden ODI call-up
After the announcement of the squad, Harshit Rana expressed his happiness by lifting his father. The 22-year-old posted an image together with his father on Instagram with the caption, “This BELONGS to you…❤️🫂 LOVE YOU DAD🧿🫶.”
In the meantime, Suryakumar Yadav was mesmerized by seeing the bonding between a son and a father and replied to the put up, “Wowwww what a sight 😍🧿.”
“Bhaiya❤️🫂,” Rana replied again to Suryakumar.
Healthful moments like these…🤗 pic.twitter.com/9rx34Q4hQR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) July 19, 2024
The entire dialog within the put up was posted by the Kolkata Knight Riders on X (previously Twitter). Harshit Rana is a quick bowler who performs for Kolkata Knight Riders within the Indian Premier League (IPL). In IPL 2024, Rana performed a key function in KKR’s title win and completed because the second-highest wicket-taker of the match with 19 wickets in 13 matches.
Memorable day for Suryakumar Yadav
In the meantime, it was a memorable day for Suryakumar Yadav as nicely. The center-order batter was appointed India’s new T20I captain after Rohit Sharma. Rohit retired from the T20I format after India’s T20 World Cup 2024 win. Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are the opposite senior gamers who additionally introduced their retirements.
Earlier, it was assumed that Hardik Pandya, who was the vice-captain in T20 World Cup 2024, will substitute Rohit as India’s subsequent T20I captain. However Hardik’s damage issues and workload administration compelled the selectors to decide on Surya for the function. Hardik Pandya is chosen within the T20I staff simply as a participant.
Suryakumar Yadav’s first task might be India’s white-ball tour of Sri Lanka the place they’ll play three T20Is and three ODIs. After the announcement of India’s new T20I captain, Surya’s childhood coach Ashok Aswalkar additionally expressed his happiness and mentioned that he’s happy with him.
“I had messaged him within the afternoon saying that you’d get an enormous message right now, and within the night, after we heard the information, I felt very proud… I really feel very pleased. Captaincy is a barely completely different function. He performed within the World Cup 2024 with nice gamers like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja. By enjoying with such nice cricketers, we get to study rather a lot,” Aswalkar was quoted as saying by TOI.
