India have struggled horribly with the bat after Mitchell Marsh, the Australian skipper, pushed them to bat first after winning the toss against Suryakumar Yadav. Unlike the first game at Canberra, India has not had a convincing start in the second T20I.
After Axar Patel was run out in the eighth over of the game for his lack of game awareness, Indian bowling all-rounder Rana was sent in at no. 7, above the World Cup-winning batting all-rounder Shivam Dube.
Much to everyone's surprise, Rana has batted with utmost caution and has currently scored the second-highest on the scoreboard. At the time of writing, he went on to a half-century partnership alongside opener Abhishek Sharma, who smashed a fifty off just 24 balls.
Shivam Dube is likely reserved for some death-over fireworks
Moreover, with Hazlewood finishing his quota of 4 overs, Ellis and Kuhnemann will be the best head-to-heads against Dube, who has infused power into shots despite the two bowlers hardly giving any pace to the batters.
"Manifesting a Fifty for Harshit today" - Fans react to bowler's promotion
Harshit Rana according to Gambhir #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/Lg9asFU8id
— विक्रम ?ꪊꪑꪖ? ?? (@printf_meme) October 31, 2025— Ismail (@wyd_ismail) October 31, 2025
- No. 3 Expert Tilak Varma is batting at 5- Arshdeep Singh isn't in Playing 11- Yashasvi Jaiswal isn't even in squad- Sanju Samson is unnecessarily pushed at 3- Harshit Rana is batting before Shivam DubeGautam Gambhir favourism is destroying Indian Cricket. pic.twitter.com/XkAtxqgQ7t
— Selfless⁴⁵ (@SelflessCricket) October 31, 2025— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) October 31, 2025
Menifesting A Fifty for Harshit Rana today. ? pic.twitter.com/NDD7PRxwhm
— Ankit Choudhary (@Ankit7083) October 31, 2025— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) October 31, 2025
Wtf is gg thinking man , sending harshit rana before shivam dube ???Like seriously dude ?? #INDvsAUS
— £^² (@ehsassyyyy) October 31, 2025— Loyal Cricket Fan (@ProGamerYouTub4) October 31, 2025
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