NEW DELHI: India pacer Harshit Rana on Friday made a unique record, making T20I debut mid-match after coming in as a concussion substitute for all-rounder Shivam Dube.
Harshit replaced Dube after the swashbuckling batter copped a to his head in the final over of the India innings.
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After Jamie Overton's penultimate ball of the 20th over hit Dube on the back of the head, the team physio arrived in the middle to check on Dube. The mandatory concussions tests were done on Dube and he did finish the India innings but then didn't take the field.
Harshit came in as a concussion substitute and went on to pick three crucial wickets.
The pacer thus became the first player ever to make T20I debut in a format as concussion substitute (among full member teams)
List of players making debut as concussion substitute
Brian Mudzinganyama Test v Sri Lanka - Harare 2020
Neil Rock ODI v West Indies - Kingston 2022
Khaya Zondo Test v Bangladesh - Gqeberha 2022
Matt Parkinson Test v New Zealand - Lord's 2022
Kamran Ghulam ODI v New Zealand - Karachi 2023
Bahir Shah Test v Bangladesh - Mirpur 2023
Harshit Rana T20I vs England Pune 2025
Earlier, Dube and Hardik Pandya struck brisk fifties to lift India to 181 for 9.
