‘New Zealand captain was scared’: Kris Srikkanth praises Harshit Rana

Srikkanth, on his YouTube channel, picked out Rana’s innings and impact as a positive for India’s batting at Indore.

“But the real game-changer was Harshit Rana. The way Rana was batting, New Zealand players were shivering. I was amazed by Rana’s batting and performed at a different level. They were literally shaking and didn’t know what to do. He was hitting sixes effortlessly and his batting was tremendous.”

He then spoke about the near hundred run partnership stitched together by Virat Kohli and Rana in order to bring India closer to the win.

“Out of the 99 runs that Virat Kohli and Harshit Rana added, Rana made 52. That 52 runs were crucial and gave Kohli hope even though the asking rate was above 11. Rana’s hitting reduced it to 10 and New Zealand were scared. New Zealand captain was scared too,” he added.

Despite taking India near the line, both Rana and Kohli lost their wickets. Srikkanth on his channel, called Kohli king and said that he, and Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana steadied the Indian innings when established batters like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul weren’t able to get a foot in the match.

“What a knock! If you look at the scorecard and the fall of wickets, they fell continuously. It was 1/28, 2/45, 3/68 and 4/71. Nitish Kumar Reddy came and steadied the innings and later hit sixes,” Srikkanth said.