VADODARA: India head coach Gautam Gambhir has an affinity for all-rounders and fast bowler Harshit Rana has confirmed that the team management has asked him to work on improving his batting skills. Rana batted ahead of an injured Washington Sundar, who suffered from a side strain, putting his availability in doubt for the second ODI on Wednesday. "The team management wants to groom me as an all-rounder and it is my task to keep working on it," Rana told reporters here. I kept my focus on it and made the runs," he added. With premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya not available for the ODI series, India's playing eleven featured both Ravindra Jadeja and Washington in the opening ODI, whereas the team combinations in other formats now regularly features more than one all-rounder.

Source: Indian Express January 12, 2026 07:17 UTC