Sydney, Oct 25 (PTI) If Harshit Rana keeps contributing 20 to 25 runs with the bat, he could well be the bowling all-rounder that India are looking for at No. 8, said skipper Shubman Gill after the Delhi speedster had a career-best haul of 4 wickets in the third ODI against Australia here on Saturday.

While Nitish Kumar Reddy was out with quadriceps injury, his bowling lacks the required bite compared to Hardik Pandya and his inclusion as a batting all-rounder at No. 8 had proved to be detrimental in the first two ODIs.

Rana, the burly man from the Delhi outskirts, smashsed 24 in the second game in Adelaide and that has made the Indian captain interested in a bowling all-rounder rather than a batter, who can just about roll his arm over.

"I think the No. 8 position for us, if a batsman

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