NAGPUR: When Harshit Rana took the field in Nagpur for his ODI debut, he was dragging the echoes of controversy behind him. Having come in as a contentious concussion substitute in place of Shivam Dube in the fourth T20I, there was a lot of talk about whether India had been lucky to get away with the decision to replace a batting allrounder with a full-time fast bowler.
The subtle jabs from England captain Jos Buttler didn’t help matters. On Thursday, the 23-year-old Delhi pacer hushed the noise.
