India, Oct. 31 -- When Harshit Rana was listed to bat at No.6 in India's official team sheet handed over to the match referee and the Australian team in the first T20I at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, it was brushed aside as a clerical error. Barring a couple of passing references on social media, not much heed was paid to it. Little did people know that the Indian think tank was actually serious about Harshit Rana's batting abilities. Well, he didn't quite bat at No.6, as listed again in the second T20I at the MCG in Melbourne, but Harshit did walk out to bat at No.7 on a lively pitch that had most of the Indian batters, barring Abhishek Sharma, hopping.

And guess what? Harshit almost ended up facing the most deliveries among all Indian ...