Himanshu Rana (Cricketer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Himanshu Rana

• Does Himanshu Rana smoke?: Not Known

• Does Himanshu Rana drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Rana is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler.

• When he was eight years old, his father brought him to Malhotra’s Sankalp Cricket Academy in Sonipat, Haryana.

• His coach, Sanjeev Malhotra got impressed with his straight and drive shots.

• At the age of 16, Rana made his Ranji Trophy debut in 2015 and scored 80 runs against Delhi. In the same match, Virendra Sehwag scored 147 for the opposition.

• While playing first-class cricket, Rana got benefitted from the experiences of capped players like Yuzvendra Chahal, Jayant Yadav, and Amit Mishra.

• In the first-class cricket, he made his maiden century of 149 against Rajasthan.

• In October 2015, he scored a career-best 157 against Maharashtra in the first match of the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy.

• Rana was also among the most probable cricketers to play the 2016 U-19 Cricket World Cup. However, he was diagnosed with dengue during the camp in Kolkata and had to be sent home.

• He led the 15-member Indian U-19 team in the fourth edition of the Asia Cup.

• With 283 runs in five matches, he bagged the ‘Man of the Series’ award in the 2016 Asia Cup.

• In 2018, he was selected in the U-19 Indian Cricket Team to play the World Cup in New Zealand.