India’s young pace sensation Harshit Rana opened up in regards to the teachings he has received from current best Jasprit Bumrah and bowling coach Morne Morkel, allowing him to thrive in international cricket. With stakes running high within the Champions Trophy, India management decided to place its faith in Harshit ahead of left-armer Arshdeep Singh, who holds a fair proportion of experience in delivering at ICC events.
Harshit lined up alongside seasoned Mohammed Shami, with Hardik Pandya acting because the third seamer against Bangladesh in Dubai.
With the brand new ball in his hand, Harshit and Shami bowled in tandem and orchestrated Bangladesh’s downfall within the powerplay. He burst into the scene by removing Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto for a two-ball duck. He made his impact felt towards the top and returned with economical match figures of three/31 in his 7.4-over spell.
Harshit, who has worked alongside Bumrah during India’s Test tour of Australia, revealed that the pace spearhead taught him to take care of “consistency” and adapt to different formats.
“Working with Jassi bhai (Jasprit Bumrah) advantages rather a lot because he has a variety of experience. He tells methods to bowl by which format. I picked consistency from him,” he told reporters after the match.
Harshit gave due credit to bowling coach Morkel for teaching him a good amount of things and dealing on his line and length.
“I actually have learned a variety of things from him. He (Morkel) has worked rather a lot on my line and length,” Harshit said about Morkel.
After cruising to a six-wicket win against Bangladesh, India will shift its focus to a blockbuster clash against arch-rival Pakistan on Sunday at the identical venue.
With pressure soaring high and the hype across the highly anticipated clash reaching recent levels with each passing day, Harshit assured that the Men in Blue would treat it as a standard game.
“While you play for India, there may be at all times pressure. We’ll take it as a standard game,” he said.
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