Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Harshit Rana and coach Chandrakant Pandit were seen in a funny conversation on their flight from Lucknow to Kolkata, which had to be diverted to Guwahati due to heavy rains back home.
Harshit Rana was recently banned for one match in the ongoing IPL 2024 and fined twice for his sendoff to batters after dismissing them. Rana, who was fined 60 percent of his match fees for giving a flying-kiss send-off to Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Mayank Agarwal in an earlier match
He was then seen signaling Abishek Porel to go back to the pavilion after dismissing him. This was classified by the BCCI as a level 1 offense and Rana copped a fine and was banned for one match. He was also seen appealing excessively after hitting Rasikh Salam high on his pads.
Notably, Harshit Rana is the joint-highest wicket-taker for KKR in the IPL 2024 with Sunil Narine, as both have 14 scalps in the tournament.
Meanwhile, In a light-hearted conversation with KKR head coach Chandrakant Pandit, Rana was heard requesting his coach not to talk to BCCI about scheduling. The conversation took place inside a flight, which had to be diverted to Guwahati because of inclement weather in Kolkata.
The flight landed in Guwahati and it was the time when Rana and Pandit joked about having a practice session there and preponing their last league match against RR, which is scheduled in Guwahati on the 19th of this month.
Here is the conversation:
Harshit Rana: “Ek kaam karte hai, practice kar lete hai, ek session yaha kar lete hai (Let's do one thing, keep a practice session here).”
Chandrakant Pandit: "Ek session yaha kar lete hai. Phir match bhi yahi khel lete hai. Ek last mein jo match hai hamara. (Yes, one session here, and then we can also play our last league match here)
Harshit Rana: "19 ko match hai. Kal parso mein hi khelke khatam kar lete hai. Toh 19 ko nahi ana padega. "We have the match on the 19th. Let's get it done with by tomorrow or the day after so that we don't have to come here again)
Chandrakant Pandit: "Main dekhta hu. Baat karni padegi BCCI ke saath. (Let me see, what I can do. Will have to talk to BCCI)"
Harshit Rana: "BCCI se toh baat karo hi mat (Don't talk to BCCI)."
Here is the video:
