'Dimaag kidhar hai tera?': Rohit Sharma unleashes on Harshit Rana after pacer's needless 'aggression' costs India 4 runs

Team India skipper Rohit Sharma lost his cool on young Harshit Rana after his costly mistake in the second ODI against England at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. Rohit, who is known for his animated reactions on the field, was livid with Rana's wild throw on his own bowling, which raced away for a four. Rohit Sharma was livid with Harshit Rana after his mistake cost India four runs.(X Images)

The incident occurred after the fifth ball of the 32nd over when Rana had already put pressure on Jos Buttler with four dot balls in a row. He seemed on course for another one when Buttler defended the ball straight back to Rana. However, just as Buttler left his crease, the Indian pacer attempted a run-out but missed the stumps with his wild throw. It beat wicketkeeper KL Rahul and resulted in four overthrows.

Rohit wasn't very impressed with Harshit's throw and also scolded him. "Dimaag kidhar hai tera? (Where is your brain?)."

Former England skipper Graeme Swann, who was at the commentating duties when the incident occurred, suggested that the aggression got the better of Rana.

"If there is one way to upset your captain? This is it. Just stay calm. I told you earlier about the bit of aggression about him. He is good old-fashioned fast bowler, unfortunately, the aggression got the better of him, four overthrows of his own bowling," Swann said.

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri followed up and said, "I could see the captain livid. It's little things like this which releases the pressure."

Virat Kohli returned to the India's XI

Earlier, England skipper Buttler elected to bat first after winning the toss as England decided to make three changes in their playing XI in an attempt to keep the series alive. Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell and Brydon Carse were put on the bench to make way for fast bowlers Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson and all-rounder Jamie Overton in the XI.

Meanwhile, India also made a couple of changes, with senior batter Virat Kohli returning to the XI after missing the series opener due to a sore knee. His inclusion forced Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir to put Yashasvi Jaiswal on the bench. Meanwhile, Kuldeep Yadav was rested to hand the ODI debut cap to Varun Chakaravarthy. He became the second oldest ODI debut in Indian cricket history after Farokh Engineer against England in 1974 aged 36.

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