India fast bowler Harshit Rana shared an eye-opening account about how some of his relatives changed their behaviour after he found success in the IPL and earned a spot in the national team. Speaking on popular YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast, Rana recounted how those same relatives used to mock his father during his early days.
However, after his rise in cricket, they began reaching out to him. Rana admitted that he chooses not to answer their calls, as he no longer feels comfortable engaging with them.
“People change a lot once you get the fame and name. Those who doubted you before, all of them become like brothers and relatives then. Many would tell my father why he is behind me he will not do anything and there is nothing in cricket. Today the same people call him and tell him that he worked a lot on me,” he said. (34:05)
“People call me too but I don’t pick their calls now. It is nothing about attitude. But they told me a lot at that time and now I don’t like talking to them,” he added.
Harshit Rana Reflects On His Father’s Support During Childhood
Harshit Rana shared that it was his father who first introduced him to cricket during his childhood. He enrolled in a cricket academy at the age of ten or eleven. Interestingly, Rana admitted that at the time, his excitement wasn’t about playing the sport itself, but rather because joining the academy meant he could avoid attending tuition classes after school.
“I was not naughty as such in my childhood. When I was 10-11 years old my father put me into cricket. He used to play hammer throw. He was into sports. He just asked me one day if I liked cricket and I told yes. I was not happy about joining an academy, but I was happy that I could skip tuition classes after going home from school,” he said. (21:16)
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