Watch: Gautam Gambhir Can't Keep Calm As Harshit Rana Shines On T20I Debut

It was a memorable and unexpected T20I debut for Harshit Rana on Friday. The 23-year-old right-arm pacer was not part of India's playing XI during the fourth game against England in Pune, but an injury to Shivam Dube saw him being included. Dube suffered a blow on his helmet through a Jamie Overton delivery on the penultimate ball of India's innings. He was then replaced with Harshit as concussion substitute after the innings break. The change in squad worked in India's favour as Harshit returned figures of 3 for 33 in his quota of four overs. He picked the wickets of Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell and Jamie Overton.

While Harshit's celebrations over his wickets knew no bounds, similar was the case with India head coach Gautam Gambhir, who doesn't shy away from backing the pacer. Notably, Gambhir is well aware of Harshit's calibre as he was the mentored him during his stint at Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024.

Different reactions of Gambhir, while sitting in the dugout, during Harshit's wickets are going viral on social media.

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Harshit Rana-Debut

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India went on to win the game by 15 runs and clinched the series against England with a game to go.

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The happiness of Gautam Gambhir when Harshit Rana picked a wicket. pic.twitter.com/kRAstXku4p

Gambhir reaction after harshit rana took that wicket !!! #INDvsENG #INDVENG pic.twitter.com/yTyq2qS5Uu

Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube, a left-hand batsman, put on 87 for the sixth wicket to lift India from a precarious 79 for 5 to 181 for 9 after being invited to bat first in the fourth match in Pune.

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