Controversy: Harshit Rana backed by ex-England captain, highly lauded

Delhi: Former England captain and current commentator Kevin Pietersen has openly supported Indian bowler Harshit Rana amidst the conversion substitute controversy in the fourth T20 match between India and England. He also praised Rana’s bowling fiercely.

In fact, in the last over of the Indian innings, Shivam Dubey had a ball on the helmet, due to which he could not land on the field for fielding in the second innings. In his place, Harshit Rana got a chance in the form of Concisition Substitute, who created panic with his bowling. Rana took 3 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs and also caught the catch of England captain Jose Butler.

Speaking on Star Sports after the match, Kevin Pietersen said, “No, Harshit Rana’s performance was fantastic. He performed well of his skills. He understood the circumstances well and assessed the batsmen in a brilliant way, the way he adopted the strategy and threw the ball out many times, it was fantastic. It was not his fault that he became a conversion substitute, but he went there and bowled openly and won the team. “

After losing the toss and batting first, Team India scored 181 runs thanks to the brilliant half -centuries of Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya. England had a great start to chase the target of 182 runs, where the team had scored a score of 62/1 in the powerplay. However, after the arrival of spinners, the England team stumbled. Harshit Rana took three wickets and destroyed England’s expectations.

England’s entire team was reduced to 166 runs in 19.4 overs and India won the match by 15 runs. Shivam Dubey was awarded the Player of the Match award for his brilliant half -century innings.

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