North Zone are in a commanding place in the continued Duleep Trophy match towards North-East Zone. Chasing an unbelievable goal of 666 runs, North-East Zone have discovered themselves in bother at 58/3 and it is just a matter of time earlier than North Zone seals the sport on the fourth day. Apart from a number of high performers, Harshit Rana who performed for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023, has additionally shined for North Zone in this recreation.
He is a delegated bowler however the 21-year-old smashed his maiden first-class century in the primary innings with the bat. Rana scored an unbeaten 122 off simply 86 balls with 12 fours and 9 sixes to his identify whereas batting at quantity 9. He has additionally picked up two wickets in the match to this point and might be aiming to add extra to his tally. Meanwhile, talking about his aggressive knock, Rana acknowledged that it’s his pure recreation and he likes to play his photographs.
“Yes! It is my natural game. I have played the whole Ranji season (2022-23) like that. I keep focus on my game. It is not to say that the match situation does not matter but my game plan is to go for my shots if the ball is in my hitting area. My coaches from the club level have always told me that I can bat,” he stated.
Harshit Rana is primarily a bowler and has the power to crank up the tempo up to 140 kmph and confirmed the glimpse of the identical in IPL this season as properly. Opening up on his stint with KKR in the cash-rich league, Rana stated that the coaches’ recommendation helped lots in enhancing his bowling.
“I have benefitted a lot from the coaching of (Bharat) Arun sir and (Omkar) Salvi sir. They always give me a lot of advice, not just about cricket but about life as well. They treat me as their son. Nitish bhai has supported me a lot. If he has not done that then I would not have got this chance to play for KKR. I can say that my career has taken off because of Nitish bhai,” Harshit added.
