Asia Cup: R Ashwin lambasts Harshit Rana's performance against Sri Lanka

Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin did not clasp backmost successful his critique of pacer Harshit Rana pursuing India’s tense Super 4s clash against Sri Lanka successful the Asia Cup 2025 astatine the Dubai International Stadium connected Friday. Harshit, featuring successful lone his 2nd lucifer of the eight-team tournament, struggled with the conditions and conceded 54 runs crossed his four-over spell, picking up conscionable 1 wicket. His aboriginal overs leaked heavily, but helium managed to propulsion backmost immoderate power successful the last over, ensuring the lucifer extended to a Super Over.Arshdeep Singh past delivered a flawless Super Over, conceding lone 2 runs, and skipper Suryakumar Yadav comfortably chased the three-run people disconnected the archetypal ball. Harshit’s archetypal implicit went for 12 runs, and the adjacent 2 overs added 32 much arsenic Sri Lanka opener

Pathum Nissanka

took afloat vantage of wayward bowling. The Delhi pacer struggled to accommodate to the level Dubai track, which

Ashwin

highlighted successful his post-match analysis.

Speaking connected his YouTube transmission ‘Ash Ki Baat’, Ashwin was blunt successful his assessment, calling Harshit’s attack “amateurish.” He explained, “I privation to talk astir Harshit Rana. Playing conscionable a fewer matches, past sitting retired others, tin truly impact assurance and rhythm.

But the mistakes against Sri Lanka were truly amateurish.” Ashwin pointed retired that Harshit’s bowling became predictable, alternating slower balls with faster deliveries successful a regular that Nissanka capitalised on. “One fast, 1 slow, 1 fast, 1 slow. That’s truly amateurish cricket. He should larn from this,” Ashwin added. Harshit did negociate to redeem himself successful the last implicit by dismissing Nissanka, who had scored a blazing 107 disconnected 58 balls, earlier India forced the Super Over. Rana had replaced Shivam Dube successful the playing XI for this lucifer and present has 2 wickets from his 2 Asia Cup appearances. He is improbable to diagnostic successful the final, with Dube expected to return, arsenic India aims to tract its strongest broadside against Pakistan successful the Dubai International Stadium final.