An initial punishment followed by punishing the Australians, Harshit Rana fired speed, taking 4 wickets in 6 deliveries in the warm-up match against the Australian Prime Minister XI at Canberra. The 22-year-old fast bowler came into action in the 15th over when the Aussie rookie Sam Constas controlled him, smashing runs here and there. However, he came back in the 23rd and 25th overs, collapsing the Australian batters. In the pink ball 50-over warm-up match at Canberra, the Australia Prime Minister XI batted at 131, losing just 2 wickets. However, Rana turned the game after Australia had 133 runs but lost 6 wickets. Victims of Harshit Rana Jay Clayton, Rana's first prey, was batting at 40, unless he left in the fourth ball of the 23rd over, off Rana. Rana then cleared Oliver Davies for a two-ball duck in the last ball of the 23rd over. The run stuck to 131, but the wickets increased to 4. Harshit Rana was brought back in the 25th over, as he got Jack Edwards in the very first ball of the over. Harshit bowled a short one, which Edwards tried to pull, but got to Prasidh Krishna at the long leg. The fourth and final wicket came in the third ball of the over as Sam Harper tried to pull Rana's short ball and got trapped by Krishna again in the long leg. πππππππβΏ€π½ππ ππΌππΌ π€―#HarshitRana strikes at Australia’s core, claiming 4 wickets for just 44 runs and restricting the Aussies to 240. India need 241 to win ππΌ#AUSvINDonStar Warm-up match π LIVE NOW on Star Sports! #ToughestRivalry pic.twitter.com/Qx6FESD4ag — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) December 1, 2024 Key takes from the pink ball warm-up match The day 1 of the pink ball warm-up test match at Canberra was washed away due to rain, and thus the practice match was reduced to a 50 over each side match. However, on Day 2, another half-hour loss resulted in a match of 46 overs each. As speculated, the Indian Test team captain Rohit Sharma has not opened the match and let Rahul partner Jaiswal. It is expected that Rohit will come at 5. There was no Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah in the warm-up match, as they were seen practicing the nets. Kohli was seen facing Bumrah, while the rest of the team was taking part in the preparatory match. Australians too did something similar, resting the core team but letting Scott Boland bowl. Boland is the potential replacement for Josh Hazlewood, who has been sidelined due to a side strain.