Jasprit Bumrah did not become a part of the Indian playing 11 in the third T20 against South Africa, which surprised the fans. Let us tell you that Bumrah is not injured, nor has he been given rest. The big reason behind his exclusion from the third T20 has come to light. BCCI issued an official clarification on this.

Bumrah out of the entire T20 series?

During the toss, Suryakumar Yadav confirmed that fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has gone back home due to personal reasons, due to which he is not playing in this match. After this, an official statement was also issued by BCCI. BCCI said that information about whether Bumrah will be able to participate in the remaining two matches of the series or not will be shared at the appropriate time.

BCCI said, “Jasprit Bumrah has returned home due to personal reasons and will not be available for the game. Updates regarding his inclusion in the squad for the remaining matches will be given at the appropriate time.”

Harshit Rana got a chance in place of Bumrah

Harshit Rana was included in the playing 11 in place of Bumrah, who took 2 wickets for 34 runs in his 4 overs. Arshdeep Singh bowled brilliantly, he gave only 13 runs in 4 overs and took 2 wickets.

Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav also took 2-2 wickets. Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya got 1-1 wicket. Batting first, the entire South African team collapsed for 117 runs.

South Africa, playing first in the third T20 match, scored 117 runs. This match is being played at Dharamshala Stadium, in which Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first. In bowling for India, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty made the South African batsmen crave for runs and also took two wickets each. ‘Birthday boy’ Kuldeep Yadav also took 2 wickets.

The Indian team’s decision to bowl after winning the toss has proved correct so far. Only 3 out of 11 South African batsmen were able to reach double figures in terms of runs. Aiden Markram scored 61 runs, Donovan Ferreira contributed 20 runs and Anrich Nortje contributed 12 runs. Apart from him, no other batsman could even touch the 10-run mark.

South Africa is in trouble

Arshdeep Singh dismissed Reeza Hendricks in the very first over of the innings. In the very next over, Harshit Rana did not even allow Quinton de Kock to open his account. De Kock is coming after playing an inning of 90 runs in the last match. Harshit Rana also dismissed Dewald Brevis in his next over. South Africa had lost three wickets till the score was 7. Tristan Stubbs and Corbin Bosch were also out early, but captain Aiden Markram was holding one end. Markram scored 61 runs in 46 balls.

Indian bowlers wreak havoc in Dharamshala

Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana together destroyed South Africa’s top order. In the middle overs, Varun Chakraborty troubled the African batsmen, taking two wickets for only 11 runs in 4 overs. Chakravarthy has joined the bowlers who have completed 50 wickets in the fewest number of balls in the history of T20 cricket. Only Kuldeep Yadav, Ajanta Mendis and Wanindu Hasaranga are ahead of him in this list.

Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana took two wickets each, while Chakraborty and Kuldeep also took two wickets each. ‘Birthday boy’ Kuldeep Yadav bowled only 2 overs in the match, in which he took two wickets.

India vs South Africa 2nd ODI is being played in Raipur. Team India is ahead 1-0 in the 3-match series. In Ranchi, India defeated the visiting team by 17 runs, in which Harshit Rana bowled brilliantly. He took 2 big wickets (Ryan Rickelton and Quinton de Kock) in his first and second overs of the match, however the ICC has reprimanded him for an incident and also added 1 demerit point.

The ICC said in its statement that Harshit was found guilty of breaching Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Staff, which relates to “using language, actions or gestures that insult a batsman when he is out during an international match, or which is likely to anger the batsman.”

This is Harshit Rana’s first mistake in the last 24 months. The Indian fast bowler admitted his mistake and also accepted the punishment given by Richie Richardson of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees.

What was Harshit Rana punished for?

In the India vs South Africa 1st ODI played in Ranchi, Harshit Rana took the wicket of Dewald Brevis as his third wicket, who had hit a ‘no look’ six in his previous over. When Harshit dismissed Dewald Brevis in the 22nd over, he became very excited and pointed towards the pavilion with his finger. A video of his had also gone viral, in which it seemed as if he had also abused.

The ICC said in its statement that it was considered that this could have given the batsman an opportunity to give an aggressive reaction. One demerit point was added to the disciplinary record of Harshit Rana.

Second ODI is being played in Raipur

Today, India vs South Africa 2nd ODI is being played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. Here also KL Rahul lost the toss. This is the 20th consecutive time that India has lost the toss in ODI. Team India has not made any changes in its playing 11.

India defeated South Africa by 17 runs in the first ODI match played on 30 November. Now the second ODI will be played in Raipur on 3rd December, by winning which Team India would like to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. In the first match, Virat Kohli played a brilliant century of 135 runs, while Kuldeep Yadav did wonders in bowling by taking 4 wickets. But despite the victory, some flaws were visible in the combination of the Indian team. Know which mistakes Team India will have to correct in the second ODI.

1. Only Rohit-Virat-Rahul scoring runs will not work

In the first ODI, Virat Kohli scored a century of 135 runs, on the other hand, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma scored half-centuries. In the first ODI, 10 players of the Indian team came to bat and the team was able to reach the score of 349. Of these, 252 runs belonged to Virat-Rohit and Rahul only. Rahul scored 60 runs and Rohit Sharma scored 57 runs. Whereas the remaining batsmen could contribute only 74 runs to the scoreboard. Other Indian batsmen will also need to perform better in the second ODI.

2. Wrong decisions on batting order in ODI after Test

The Test record of the Indian team in the last one year has been very bad, one of the main reasons for which is the constant change in the batting order of the players. Something similar happened in the first ODI match too, where all-rounder Washington Sundar was sent into bat before KL Rahul. This strategy was a complete flop, because Sundar was out after scoring only 13 runs. When Sundar came to bat, there were more than 23 overs left in the Indian innings, but looking at Sundar’s batting, it seemed as if he wanted to score boundaries from the very beginning. Sundar was sent up to handle the innings, but he was also out while playing aerial shots.

3. Better bowling in death overs

The Indian team will have to bowl better in the death overs. In the first ODI match, Corbin Bosch single-handedly dominated the inexperienced Indian bowling attack. Especially Harshit Rana will have to improve his death over bowling skills. South Africa had to score 61 runs in the last 7 overs to win. On one side, Arshdeep Singh was putting brakes on Africa’s run rate, on the other end, Harshit Rana gave away 22 runs in his last 2 overs.

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IND vs SA ODI Series: After the test series defeat, the pressure on the Indian team in ODIs was clearly visible. However, as soon as the first ODI started in Ranchi, the performance showed that Team India is not taking this series lightly. After scoring a huge score of 349 runs and then defeating South Africa by 17 runs, India took a 1-0 lead in the series. In this victory, there were three players who completely turned the tide of the competition in India’s favor with their performance. Know about those 3 legendary players,
Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli, who returned to the ODI team after a long time, did what the fans expected. Caution in the beginning, classic cover drives in the middle and big shots at the end. Virat’s inning of 135 runs became the foundation of Indian batting. This inning of 120 balls included 11 fours and 7 brilliant sixes.

Kohli not only completed his 52nd ODI century, but also scored the 82nd century of his international career. His innings gave a strong score to India and till the end this lead proved to be an important factor in the match. Player of the match award was also in his name.

Harshit Rana

Young fast bowler Harshit Rana did what India needed most in his very first over, two big wickets. He put pressure on the visiting team by clean bowling Ryan Rickelton on the first ball. Quinton de Kock was also out on the third ball without opening the account.

Not only this, he later also sent a dangerous batsman like Dewald Brevis to the pavilion. Rana’s 3 wickets for 65 runs in 10 overs were the biggest foundation of India’s victory. The initial setbacks put South Africa on the back foot from the beginning.

Kuldeep Yadav

When the match seemed to drag a bit in the middle overs, Kuldeep Yadav destroyed South Africa’s innings with his magical spin. He took four important wickets for 68 runs in 10 overs. Kuldeep gave shocks at regular intervals by dismissing Matthew Bretzke, Tony De Jorzi, Marco Jansen and Prenlan Subrayan. His bowling completely broke the middle order and slowed down South Africa’s run rate.

India has defeated South Africa by 17 runs in the first ODI match. A total of 681 runs were scored in both the innings of this match played in Ranchi, while Virat Kohli scored the 83rd century of his international career and 52nd century of his ODI career. Team India had scored 349 runs while playing first. In response, the South African team remained 17 runs away from the target. Kuldeep Yadav took the most wickets for India, who took four wickets.

681 runs were scored in the match, India won

When the South African team came to chase the target of 350 runs, Harshit Rana dismissed Ryan Rickleton and Quinton de Kock without opening the account in his first spell. Africa suffered the biggest blow when captain Aiden Markram was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh on the score of 7. By the score of 11, Africa had lost the wickets of all three top order batsmen. Tony De Jorzi and Dewald Brewis did get the start, but they were out after scoring 39 runs and 37 runs respectively.

Marco Jansen and Matthew Britzke made South Africa’s comeback in the match, who made a very important partnership of 97 runs for the sixth wicket. Yansen was out after playing a stormy innings of 70 runs in 39 balls. Kuldeep Yadav had turned the tide of the match in India’s favor by dismissing Jansen and Matthew Britzko in the same over. Britzke scored 72 runs.

Corbin Bosch had made the match exciting in the last overs. South Africa scored 20 runs in the 48th and 49th overs combined. The situation was such that Prasidh Krishna had to save 17 runs in the last over. The batsman set in front was Corbin Bosch, but he got out while trying to play a big shot. Bosch scored 67 runs.

Kohli-Rohit-Rahul’s bat

When the Indian team came to bat first, Yashasvi Jaiswal was out cheaply after scoring 18 runs. But Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli together took the innings forward and made a partnership of 136 runs. Meanwhile, Rohit scored the 60th half-century of his ODI career. Rohit was out after scoring 57 runs.

On the other hand, Virat Kohli converted his fifty into a century. He completed his century in 102 balls. In the match, he played an inning of 135 runs in 120 balls, during which Kohli hit 11 fours and 7 sixes. This was the 52nd century of his ODI career. KL Rahul, who was captaining the Indian team in this series, also made an important contribution in taking the team’s score to 349 by contributing 60 runs.

Harshit Rana broke the back of South Africa’s top order in the first ODI, he took 2 big wickets in the form of Ryan Rickelton and Quinton de Kock in his first and second overs of the match. He bowled Rickelton (0) on the very first ball of the over, after which he got De Kock caught out by the wicket keeper on a brilliant ball. But he was seen most angry after the wicket of Dewald Brevis.

Harshit Rana got so angry after taking the wicket of Dewald Brevis that he could not control himself. The video of Harshit’s celebration on this wicket is also going viral on social media.

Why did Harshit Rana get angry at Brevis?

Dewald Brevis played a quick inning of 37 runs in 28 balls in Ranchi, in which he hit 3 sixes and 2 fours. Brevis also tried to hit a big shot on the fourth ball of the 22nd over bowled by Harshit Rana, but he was caught out by Rituraj Gaikwad on the boundary. After which Harshit got angry. In Harshit’s previous over, Brevis had hit a ‘no look’ six, perhaps Harshit’s anger might have increased then. However, it is difficult to say whether Brewis also said something after hitting the six, due to which Harshit got angry.

Dewald Brevis catch taken by Rutu.#RuturajGaikwad #DewaldBrevis#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/kNl5ntQSd3

— Eeshwar Reddy (@EeshwarReddyG) November 30, 2025

Team India scored 349 runs

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Team India scored 349 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. Virat Kohli scored 135 runs in 120 balls, in which he hit 7 sixes and 11 fours.

Rohit Sharma played a historic inning of 57 runs, in this innings he hit 3 sixes. He made a world record of Shahid Afridi in his name, now Rohit has become the batsman to hit the most number of sixes (352) in One Day International. Captain KL Rahul (60) also scored a half-century in Ranchi.

Indian cricket team’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and young fast bowler Harshit Rana are in discussion on social media these days. Some fans and experts have accused Gambhir of favouritism. He says that since both have been associated with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Gambhir is giving more opportunities to Harshit in Team India. Now on this entire controversy, former KKR wicketkeeper batsman Manvinder Bisla has given a befitting reply to the critics.

“There is no uncle-uncle relationship” – Bisla

Manvinder Bisla said that the talks being made about Harshit Rana are completely baseless. He said, “Those who are opposing the selection of Harshit Rana are probably not KKR fans. People think that Gautam has a KKR background, hence they are supporting Harshit, but brother, there is no uncle-uncle relationship. People have just created a narrative on social media.”

Bisla gave this statement on ‘Indian Cricket Canteen’ YouTube channel and clearly said that these things going on against Gambhir are “just rumours”.

Harshit Rana’s brilliant performance

Amidst the controversy, it is also true that Harshit Rana’s performance recently has been excellent. He has taken the most wickets in the ODI series against Australia. He also contributed with the bat in the second match of the T20 series. Harshit took the team out of a difficult situation by scoring 35 runs in 33 balls. In the third ODI, he played an important role in India’s victory by taking 4 wickets. Although Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli dominated the headlines after the match, Bisla believes that the foundation of the victory was laid by Harshit.

“Rohit-Virat shined, but Harshit set the match”

Bisla further said, “India defeated Australia in Sydney. Everywhere on social media, only Rohit-Virat were talked about, but did anyone talk about Harshit? If he had not taken wickets in the beginning, would the result have been the same?”

He said that young players like Harshit need both opportunity and appreciation. It is absolutely wrong to link his performance with the KKR angle.

Manvinder Bisla clearly said that Gautam Gambhir chose Harshit Rana not because of any favoritism but on the basis of ability. He has appealed to the critics not to view the player’s hard work and performance through the lens of “favouritism”.

23-year-old Indian bowler Harshit Rana has been the target of critics in the last months. Former cricketer Chris Srikkanth had even said that Harshit remained in Team India only because of Gautam Gambhir’s presence. He silenced his critics by taking 4 wickets in the last ODI against Australia.

Harshit was especially targeted because he was a player of KKR, Gautam Gambhir has also been the mentor of this IPL team. Now Manvinder Bisla, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders, has given a big statement about Harshit.

There is no uncle-aunt relationship…

During the discussion on Indian Cricket Canteen Podcast, Manvinder Bisla said that there is no uncle or maternal uncle relationship between Harshit Rana and Gautam Gambhir. He said, “Those who are trolling Harshit Rana must not be KKR fans. Everyone believes that Gautam Gambhir has previously worked for KKR, that is why Gambhir is supporting Harshit. There is no uncle-uncle relationship. Everyone thinks that Harshit is in the team because of the KKR connection.”

Harshit Rana made his international cricket debut in November 2024 in the match against Australia. After that he has taken a total of 25 wickets in 8 ODIs, five T20s and 2 Test matches.

He has also impressed in batting on Australia tour. In the third ODI match, he played an unbeaten inning of 24 runs. In the second T20 match, he demonstrated his batting skills strongly by playing an inning of 35 runs.

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Harshit Rana vs Arshdeep Singh: Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh have made their presence felt in the ODI format as the new pair of fast bowlers in Indian cricket. Both the young fast bowlers are making important contributions to Team India with their different styles and effectiveness, but if the ODI records of both are compared, then who has proved to be more effective? Let us know the full story of his figures.

bowling performance

Harshit Rana has played 8 innings in ODIs so far, while Arshdeep Singh has bowled 10 innings. The experience of both may be limited, but their brilliant performance has attracted everyone’s attention.

Harshit Rana: Spent 16 wickets, 332 runs in 8 innings.

Arshdeep Singh: Gave 17 wickets, 394 runs in 10 innings.

That means both are almost on par in terms of wickets, but Harshit has spent slightly less runs.

best bowling figures

Both the bowlers have bowled brilliant spells in the matches played so far and have taken wickets for India in many important matches.

Harshit Rana’s best spell: 4/39 (in one innings)

Arshdeep Singh’s best spell: 5/37 (in one innings)

Arshdeep has taken five wickets once, which shows his experience and match-awareness.

Bowling average and economy rate

If we look at the statistics, Harshit’s bowling average (20.75) is slightly better than Arshdeep (23.17). This means that Rana gets wickets by giving less runs on average. Talking about the economy rate, Harshit gives 5.82 runs per over, while Arshdeep’s economy rate is 5.21. That means Arshdeep has proved to be a little more economical.
Strike rate and 4/5 wicket haul

Harshit Rana is ahead of Arshdeep in terms of bowling strike rate i.e. how many balls take a wicket. His strike rate is 21.30, while Arshdeep Singh takes an average of 26.60 balls for every wicket. This shows that Rana quickly puts pressure on the opposition batsmen.

While Arshdeep has taken 5 wickets once, Harshit has taken 4 wickets once so far.

Who is next?

If we look at the statistics, both Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh have been equally influential for India. Arshdeep looks slightly ahead due to his experience and 5 wicket haul, while Harshit has a better strike rate and average.

Both the bowlers are emerging as India’s new fast pair. One with precise line-length, the other with pace and aggression. This pair can become the backbone of Indian bowling in the coming years.