India fast bowler Harshit Rana arrived at his home city Delhi on Monday night after the team’s historic Champions Trophy 2025 triumph at Dubai the previous day. However, he was surrounded by a new controversy as soon as he landed in Delhi.
A journalist wanted to take Harshit Rana’s interview and asked him questions. But a frustrated Rana asked the reporter not to take the interview as he looked tired after a long travel.
Rana further told the reporter that he felt nice after being a part of India’s winning Champions Trophy campaign. He soon sat down at his car without answering any more questions from the reporters.
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Harshit Rana returns to India. No major reception like Australia’s Pat Cummins for him. pic.twitter.com/bmfYwtG1ZS
— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) March 10, 2025
Another talking point here was Harshit Rana’s cold reception at the airport despite the other players receiving a grand welcome from their fans and supporters. Rana had left for Delhi with India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir, who also hails from the same city.
Earlier, players like KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma received warm reception in Mumbai upon their arrival in India. The crowd gathered in numbers to get a glimpse of their favorite cricketers and welcomed the champions.
Harshit Rana’s performance in CT 2025
Harshit Rana was a part of India’s 15-member squad for the Champions Trophy. The fast bowler played the first two matches of the tournament against Bangladesh and Pakistan but was rested for the third game against New Zealand.
The Indian team management decided to rest a young Rana as they had already secured a place in the semi-finals. Varun Chakravarthy replaced him in the Playing XI and the mystery spinner soon made an immediate impact.
Chakravarthy picked up a fantastic five-wicket haul in just his second ODI match which forced the Indian team to change their team combination for the semi-final and the final. Chakravarthy proved to be the X-factor and further emerged as the second-highest wicket-taker of the tournament despite not playing the first two games.
Meanwhile, Rana picked up 4 wickets in two matches at an average of 15.25 and a miserly economy rate of 3.97. He was earlier brought into the team to replace an injured Jasprit Bumrah.
Rohit Sharma leads from the front
India clinched the Champions Trophy after a gap of 12 years. The last time they won this tournament was in 2013 under the leadership of MS Dhoni.
In the final, India defeated a spirited New Zealand team by 4 wickets. New Zealand tried their best but fell out of resources in the end and India made full use of it.
Rohit Sharma played a captain’s knock in the final and led his team from the front. Rohit scored 76 off 83 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes and helped India get a flying start which laid the platform for the middle order.
