Harshit Rana – the player who David Hussey said ‘could be as good as AB de Villiers in a year’
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Harshit Rana became an instant hero in Kolkata after snatching victory for Kolkata Knight Riders from the jaws of defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad as hosts KKR won their IPL 2024 opener by four runs. Going into the last over at Eden Gardens, Hyderabad needed just 13 runs from the last over. They held the advantage, as the marauding Heinrich Klaasen (who had scored 56 runs from 26 balls, thanks to seven sixers at that stage) and Shahbaz Ahmed (who was batting on 16 runs off just four balls with one four and two sixes) were in the middle.
That’s when KKR captain Shreyas Iyer threw the ball to Harshit Rana. Despite Klaasen hitting the first ball for six, Rana managed to claim the wickets of both Klaasen and Shahbaz while giving away just two runs in his remaining five balls.
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