Star batsman of the Australian National Cricket Team Marnus Labuschagne and a young athlete of the Indian National Cricket Team Harshit Rana On Friday, December 6, an intense verbal exchange took place.
The incident between Marnus Labuschagne and Harshit Rana took place during the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 at the Adelaide Oval.
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Harshit Rana and Marnus Labuschagne exchange words in Adelaide
captain Rohit Sharma As the Indian National Cricket Team struggled to pick wickets, they brought 22-year-old Harshit Rana back into the attack briefly on 26.
Rana did not look his best in the shots and was not very accurate with his lines and lengths. However, on the first ball of the 28th over, he gave Australia a scare by hitting Nathan McSweeney on the pads.
He hit a 143.5 kmph full-length to McSweeney that beat the batsman’s defense on the inside edge and hit him on the front pad. Ground referee Richard Illingworth dismissed the appeal.
But Rena convinced her captain to use the feedback and send the decision up. The chase of the ball showed that there was a lot of movement and the ball missed the stumps and India lost sight.
Meanwhile, on the 30th, Harshit Rana was involved in a verbal confrontation with Marnus Labuschagne. In the second ball, Rana hit a 140.7km/h bouncer and Labuschagne thought of playing a pull shot before being edged out at the last moment.
The batsman and the bowler were seen exchanging words immediately after the delivery, with the Aussie all-rounder doing most of the talking. He didn’t stop there as in the next ball, after bowling a good length ball at 141 kmph, the pacer had a few words for the batter.
Watch the incident between Rana and Labuschagne here:
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In total, Harshit Rana bowled 8 overs on Day 1 and he conceded 18 runs while remaining scoreless.
Marnus Labuschagne remains unbeaten at the end of Day 1
Labuschagne had gone through a lean patch in Test cricket and was under pressure heading into the Adelaide Test. There was talk in the Australian media that he would be dropped if he failed in the Adelaide Test.
The 30-year-old had a poor performance in the first innings of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth as he was dismissed for 2 off 52 balls. Also, in the second inning, he shouldered his arms. jasprit bumrah delivered and dismissed for 3 runs.
Going into the second Test match, Labuschagne had scored just 123 runs in his last 10 Test innings, with 90 of those runs coming in one innings against New Zealand.
However, he took credit for his past heroics at the Adelaide Oval as he averaged 71.75 at the venue and batted exceptionally well in the pink-ball Test against India.
The batsman showed good batting and was not just trying to defend the balls. He hit 3 fours on Day 1 of the second Test and was unbeaten at stumps (20 runs from 67 balls).
