Harshit Rana has but once more dissatisfied the Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir, as he didn’t make any contribution with the bat within the ongoing first ODI between India and Australia on the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday, October 19.
Indian batters faltered flatly, and there have been hopes from Harshit Rana to make some contribution, however the younger bowler was dismissed for simply 1 run from 2 balls earlier than strolling again to the pavilion within the ongoing three-match ODI collection opener in opposition to Australia in Perth.
Gautam Gambhir’s trusted pacer Harshit Rana falls for 1 in Perth horror
Gautam Gambhir has at all times favored Rana, citing his potential to contribute with the bat, and even in the course of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, the Delhi lad obtained his probability, however again and again, he proved the Indian head coach incorrect, as anticipated by many former cricketers and followers.
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In Perth, Mitchell Owen bowled a slower quick ball outdoors off, tempting Rana to go for a giant shot over level. Nonetheless, the timing was utterly incorrect, because the ball hit excessive on the bat and went straight up into the air.
Australian wicketkeeper Josh Philippe ran ahead and accomplished a simple catch. Rana walked again to the pavilion after scoring simply 1 run from 2 balls in Perth. Following the dismissal, Indian followers have been mocking Rana and Gambhir.
Whereas many trolled Gambhir by questioning Rana’s contribution with the bat, some felt the bowler got here from a quota.
This is how followers react to Harshit Rana’s failure:
In line with Gautam Gambhir Goat all-rounder Harshit Rana performed a stormy innings of 1 run.🔥#INDvAUS #INDvsAUS #AUSvIND #RohitSharma #ViratKohli #AUSvsIND pic.twitter.com/b3Sa8ioEUE
— kuldeep singh (@kuldeep0745) October 19, 2025
1 run in 2 balls. And out. A lot for the “Harshit Rana can bat” narrative.😁🫡
— Cricket Savant (@CricSavant) October 19, 2025
Mr Gautam Gambhir might you please present the sixes harSHIT rana tanked whereas coming down the order?@GautamGambhir #AUSvIND
— Sourish Joshi (@sourish_03) October 19, 2025
First good factor executed by Harshit rana, in thus match caught catch of Travis Head#IndianCricket #INDvsAUS #AUSvIND #Cricket
— Justin Brown ❤️ Meme coin (@Brown2Justin) October 19, 2025
harshit rana (reservation).
— 𝕃𝔸𝕃𝔸 (@ComradeLala) October 19, 2025
Nonetheless a thriller why Gambhir doesn’t play Arshdeep extra in Checks, T20Is & ODIs.
Think about he getting half the help Ganbhir offers to fraud Harshit Rana. https://t.co/t8LIKyhoBl
— Gss🇮🇳 (@Gss_Views) October 19, 2025
arshdeep singh didn’t play a single check in england bcs the administration thought harshit rana’s often 10 runs would higher than a correct left arm bowler fuck offffff
— Ini (@ledyappelin) October 19, 2025
Tujhe tou kuch nahi aata, Gambhir ko kya diya hai tune.
— mazhar khaker (@KhakerMazh27882) October 19, 2025
what occurred to harshit rana man??? such an incredible allrounder of this period failed?? can he actually maintain bat??
— Naeem (@1eight_18) October 19, 2025
what occurred to GOAT Allrounder harshit rana?
— Naeem (@1eight_18) October 19, 2025
Harshit Rana ke Move Gautam Bhai ka Gambhir Video Hai 🙅🎥🧐
— Manishchouhan_1 (@Manishchouhan__) October 19, 2025
@GautamGambhir somebody was saying Harshit Rana can bat 😂Single nahi liya gaya isse 🤦🏼♂️Isse accha to Shardul Thakur khila liya hota 🤷🏻♂️
— ਸ਼ਰਮਾ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਵੱਡਾ ਮੁੰਡਾ (@ghost_spotter) October 19, 2025
If indian mens staff have Harshit RanaIndian ladies’s staff Harleen DeolCoach puppies #INDvENG #INDvsAUS
— 🎀💕 (@harryjeee) October 19, 2025
Why is Harshit Rana in Indian staff?Is he from “Parchi” part?#indvsaus #ausvsind . pic.twitter.com/96R5EAG7lB
— Clean (@Dronewell) October 19, 2025
India’s batting crumbles amid rain interruptions, units Australia a 131-run goal
In the meantime, India’s innings within the first ODI in opposition to Australia become a irritating stop-start affair in Perth, with rain and early wickets irritating them all through. The guests by no means actually discovered any momentum and ended up posting a below-par complete of 136/9 after a string of collapses and interruptions within the ongoing first ODI in opposition to Australia in Perth.
Issues went downhill early for India as Rohit Sharma edged one to the slip, Virat Kohli was caught at backward level, and captain Shubman Gill fell down the leg aspect, as they might handle solely 18 runs on the board.
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By the point the primary rain break arrived, India was already below strain, and the repeated stoppages that adopted utterly disrupted their batting circulate.
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Shreyas Iyer’s dismissal proper after play resumed solely added to India’s woes. Nonetheless, some fightback got here from KL Rahul (38), and Axar Patel (31) pushed the full past 130. The debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy (19*) added a fast cameo on the finish in opposition to Australia.
The primary ODI between India and Australia in Perth has been shortened to 26 overs per aspect after steady rain interruptions on the Optus Stadium on Sunday. As per the DLS methodology, Australia has been given a goal of 131 runs to win the primary ODI in opposition to India in Perth.
