Ignored by Delhi cricket in junior cricket, pacer turned to Bhandari to learn art of fast bowling; shed weight to make grade
Harshit Rana's inclusion in India's squad for the Australia sojourn was not without controversy. There was debate whether he was being fast-tracked into the Test team, that too on such a high-profile tour. A Test match in Perth later, Rana's emergence as a credible pace option must have calmed a few nerves in the Indian dressing room.