Harshit Rana has once again disappointed Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir as he failed to make any contribution with the bat in the ongoing first ODI between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday, October 19.
The Indian batsmen completely faltered and Harshit Rana was expected to make some contribution but the young bowler was out after scoring just 1 run in 2 balls before returning to the pavilion in the opening match of the ongoing three-match ODI series against Australia in Perth.
Gautam Gambhir’s trusted fast bowler Harshit Rana was out for 1 run in Perth.
Gautam Gambhir has always backed Rana citing his ability to contribute with the bat, and even during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, the Delhi player got his chance but time and again, he proved the Indian head coach wrong, as predicted by many former cricketers and fans.
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In Perth, Mitchell Owen bowled a slow short ball outside off, prompting Rana to hit a big shot over point. However, the timing was completely wrong, as the ball hit the bat too high and went straight into the air.
Australian wicketkeeper Josh Phillip ran forward and completed an easy catch. In Perth, Rana returned to the pavilion after scoring just 1 run on 2 balls. Indian fans are making fun of Rana and Gambhir after getting out.
While many people trolled Gambhir by questioning Rana’s contribution with the bat, some felt that the bowler came from quota.
Here is how fans reacted to Harshit Rana’s failure:
According to Gautam Gambhir, Bakrid all-rounder Harshit Rana played a stormy inning of 1 run.#INDvAUS #INDvsAUS #AUSvIND #RohitSharma #ViratKohli #AUSvsIND pic.twitter.com/b3Sa8ioEUE
-Kuldeep Singh (@Kuldeep0745) 19 October 2025
1 run in 2 balls. and out. So much for the “Harshit Rana can bat” narrative.
– Cricket Savant (@CricSavant) 19 October 2025
Mr. Gautam Gambhir, can you please show the sixes hit by Harshit Rana coming down the order?@GautamGambhir #AUSvIND
– Sourish Joshi (@sourish_03) 19 October 2025
Harshit Rana did the first good thing in this match, he caught the catch of Travis Head.#IndianCricket #INDvsAUS #AUSvIND #Cricket
– Justin Brown Meme Coin (@brown2justin) 19 October 2025
Harshit Rana (Reservation).
– ππΈππΈ (@ComradeLala) 19 October 2025
It is still a mystery why Gambhir does not play Arshdeep more in Tests, T20Is and ODIs.
Imagine Ganbhir getting half the support he gave to fraudster Harshit Rana. https://t.co/t8LIKyhoBl
– Gss (@Gss_Views) 19 October 2025
Arshdeep Singh did not play a single Test in England, the BCS management thought that the occasional 10 from Harshit Rana would be better than a proper left-arm bowler.
– Ini (@ledyappelin) 19 October 2025
You don’t know anything, what have you given to Gambhir.
– Mazhar Khaker (@KhakerMazh27882) 19 October 2025
What happened to Harshit Rana man??? Such a great all-rounder of this era failed?? Can he really catch a bat??
– Naeem (@1eight_18) 19 October 2025
What happened to GOAT all-rounder Harshit Rana?
– Naeem (@1eight_18) 19 October 2025
Harshit Rana has a serious video of Gautam Bhai
– Manish Chauhan_1 (@ManishChauhan__) 19 October 2025
@GautamGambhir Someone was saying that Harshit Rana can bat.
It was not taken as a single
It would have been better if Shardul Thakur had fed him.β Sharma ji’s big beard (@ghost_spotter) 19 October 2025
If Harshit Rana is in the Indian men’s team
Indian women’s team Harleen Deol
coach puppies #INDvENG #INDvsAUS– (@harryjeee) 19 October 2025
Why is Harshit Rana in the Indian team?
Is that from the “Parchi” section?#indvsaus #ausvsind , pic.twitter.com/96R5EAG7lB– Blank (@dronwell) 19 October 2025
India’s batting faltered amid rain interruption, Australia got the target of 131 runs.
Meanwhile, India’s innings in the first ODI against Australia in Perth turned into a disappointing stop-start affair, with rain and early wickets letting them down. The visitors didn’t really find any momentum after a series of collapses and interruptions in the ongoing first ODI against Australia in Perth and posted a total of 136/9.
Things quickly turned sour for India as Rohit Sharma edged a ball in the slips, Virat Kohli was caught at backward point and skipper Shubman Gill fell to the leg side as they could muster only 18 runs on the board.
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By the time the first rain stopped, India were already under pressure, and repeated stoppages thereafter completely disrupted the flow of their batting.
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India’s troubles increased further with the dismissal of Shreyas Iyer just after the resumption of play. However, KL Rahul (38) put up some fight and Axar Patel (31) took the total past 130. Debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy (19*) added a quick cameo towards the end against Australia.
The first ODI between India and Australia in Perth has been shortened to 26 overs per team after continuous rain disrupted the game at the Optus Stadium on Sunday. As per the DLS method, Australia has been given a target of 131 runs to win the first ODI against India in Perth.
