This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
‘Very important person…’: Shubman Gill gives clear hints on how Harshit Rana can secure himself at the No. 8 spot
Harshit Rana secured 4 wickets in 3rd ODI of the series vs Australia, on which Shubman Gill gave clear statement on how the pacer can secure himself the No. 8 spot.
Last Updated on - October 25, 2025 10:42 PM IST
After Harshit Rana had his career-best haul of 4 wickets in the recently-concluded 3rd ODI of the series vs Australia, Indian skipper Shubman Gill admitted that if the Delhi pacer keeps contributing 20-25 runs with the bat, he might as well be given the position for the bowling all-rounder that the team is looking for at No. 8.
Since Nitish Reddy was not in the team because of quadriceps injury, Harshit Rana’s bowling lacks the required attack as compared to Hardik Pandya, and him being included as a batting all-rounder at No. 8 turned out to be detrimental in the first two games of the series.
“I think the No. 8 position for us, if a batsman can make 20-25 runs there, which we have confidence that Harshit can do it, then it becomes a very important position. There are very few fast bowlers who are tall, who can bowl 140-plus. So if we are looking at South Africa, on such wickets, such bowlers become very important,” Gill said at the post-match conference.