The Indian team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been announced. On November 10, Team India will fly to Perth, Australia. A player has also got a place in Team India selected for the Australia tour, who has lost 17 kg to keep himself fit and healthy. It has been a childhood dream to play against the Australian team in their home country and which has got another intention to live that dream by cheering India on the last Australia tour. We are talking about fast bowler Harshit Rana, who made it to Team India’s Test team for the first time.
22-year-old Harshit Rana is a star emerging from the IPL, where he caught everyone’s attention with his amazing performances for Kolkata Knight Riders under the mentorship of Gautam Gambhir. He was first selected in India’s white ball team. And, now he has come to the test team also. By taking 5 wickets in the Ranji Trophy match against Assam, he has also tried to justify his selection in the Indian Test team.
Was 6 years old when saw Border-Gavaskar Trophy on TV for the first time
Harshit Rana was crazy about the Border-Gavaskar Trophy since childhood. In an interview given to Indian Express, he told the story of his craze and said that how he used to wake up at 4 in the morning in the winter of Delhi and watch the India-Australia test match with his father. Rana told that he has been watching the Border-Gavaskar Trophy since the age of 6. He further told that in the 2020-21 Border Gavaskar Trophy, whether it was Cheteshwar Pujara facing balls on his body or the partnership between Ashwin and Hanuma, all these moments have inspired him to play for the country.
Was troubled by injuries till the age of 20
It was not easy for Harshit Rana to travel from a common boy of Delhi to Team India. During this time he had to face a lot of injuries. By the age of 20, he suffered several stress fractures. Harshit’s father Pradeep Rana, who has also been an athlete and has represented CRPF in weightlifting and hammer throw, recalled those difficult days of Harshit and said that his back, groin, shoulder, almost every part of his body. The part is injured. At that time I used to take him to the hospital to know why he was getting hurt so much. I tried everything possible. But when there was no benefit, we left it to fate.
Lost weight by 17 kg, no injury since last 7 months
Due to hamstring injury, Harshit Rana had to miss the entire Ranji season of 2023-24. After that injury, Harshit worked on his weight. From November 2023 to the start of IPL 2024 in March, he lost 17 kg, the result of which is that he has not suffered any injury for the last 7 months. Harshit told that the team management is taking good care of his workload. He is getting to learn a lot by training with Team India. He said that he wants to see himself as a bowler of all three formats.
ready to take over australia
Harshit Rana is desperate to dominate the Australia tour. He said that he was confident about going to Australia. He had an idea of the kind of training he was a part of. Harshit, who dedicated his father’s selection in Team India for the Australia tour, said that he always wanted to play against Australia because Australians play cricket like him.
