{"id":10482,"date":"2026-01-11T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=678629"},"modified":"2026-01-11T21:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:50:10","slug":"ind-vs-nz-1st-odi-vadodara-crowd-applauds-harshit-ranas-fighting-knock-as-new-zealand-strike-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-nz-1st-odi-vadodara-crowd-applauds-harshit-ranas-fighting-knock-as-new-zealand-strike-back\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs NZ 1st ODI: Vadodara crowd applauds Harshit Rana\u2019s fighting knock as New Zealand strike back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vadodara crowd rose to its feet on Sunday as <strong>Harshit Rana<\/strong> walked back after playing a spirited cameo under pressure in the first ODI against New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Coming in at a tense phase of the chase, Rana showed remarkable composure for a tail-ender, counter-attacking the New Zealand bowlers and briefly swinging momentum back India\u2019s way. He scored <strong>29 off 23 balls<\/strong>, striking <strong>two fours and a six<\/strong>, and stitched together a crucial partnership that brought India within touching distance of the target.<\/p>\n<p>However, just as India looked to be gaining control, New Zealand struck back. Rana fell to <strong>Kristian Clarke<\/strong>, caught by <strong>Mitchell Hay<\/strong>, halting the surge. The dismissal silenced the ground momentarily before the Vadodara fans erupted into applause, acknowledging the young fast bowler\u2019s brave effort with the bat.<\/p>\n<p>Rana\u2019s innings stood out not just for the runs scored, but for the intent he showed while facing quality bowling in a high-pressure chase. The ovation from the crowd reflected how his knock had lifted the atmosphere and injected belief into the Indian camp, even as New Zealand continued to fight back late in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his dismissal, Harshit Rana\u2019s contribution added an unexpected twist to the contest, turning what looked like a straightforward finish into a tense final stretch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vadodara crowd rose to its feet on Sunday as Harshit Rana walked back after playing a spirited cameo under\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}