IND vs Eng, Harshit Rana: In the fourth T20 match played against England, the Indian team, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, won the series by winning by 15 runs. India is now 3–1 in the five-match T20 series. The match played in Pune saw strict competition between the two teams. Shivam Dubey finished the match for the Indian team by scoring 53 runs off 34 balls. Thanks to Dubey’s innings, India set a target of 182 runs in front of England.
What was the whole dispute?
At one time England team was in a strong position. But on the basis of Harshit Rana’s brilliant bowling, the English team was dismissed for 166 runs in 19.4 overs. Rana took three wickets for India. Harshit Rana contributed significantly to India’s victory, but there was a dispute about him. Actually, Harshit Rana came to play as a conversion substitute of Shivam Dubey. When Dubey was batting, his helmet hit the ball twice. In the first ninth over, Archer missed the shots on the ball of Archer. The speed of that ball was 146.8 km/h. Then the same thing happened on the fifth ball of the last over.
After this, the doctor came on the field and examined the injury of Dubner. He then faced the last ball. After India’s innings ended, the match referee and umpires sent Shivam Dubey for investigation as per rules. Regarding this, India was asked to choose the option of conversion substitutes. In such a situation, captain Suryakumar Yadav decided to give Harshit Rana a chance in the team.
Harshit Rana defeated the British in his first match.
When Harshit Rana came on the ground to bowl as a conversion substitute in place of Shivam Dubey. He then dismissed Livingstone on the second ball of his first T20 match. With this, Harshit brought the Indian team back in the match. In his third over, he made Jacob Bethaman his victim and made the match exciting. England wanted 25 runs in two overs and then Rana threw an important overs to win the match. He took big wickets in the 19th over. And Jamie Overton prepared the pavilion. Rana took a total of 3 wickets for 33 runs in four overs.
Captain Josh Butler unhappy with conversion substitutes
Harshit Rana snatched the match from the English team. After the match, England captain Josh Butler said, “I was not happy with the Concisition Substitute.” Because Shivam Dubey is an all -rounder while Harshit Rana is a fast bowler. It was not like a replacement. ‘ Apart from this, former English cricketer Michael Vaughan said, “A batsman can replace the bowler who is bowling part time.” An all -rounder who has already bowled in IPL 2024. A player who cannot bat and bowl was brought as a conversion substitute. All this is beyond my comprehension. ‘
