New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin hailed Harshit Rana for his maiden four-wicket haul in ODIs, saying that he can "surprise batters" sometimes and has the genuine ability to take wickets.

Battling immense trolling after a few underwhelming spells, Rana bounced back with a four-wicket haul, in which he got wickets of middle-order batters Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly and Mitchell Owen as well. Ashwin, speaking on his YouTube channel Ash ki Baat, spoke about the Carey dismissal, where a top edge went into the hands of Shreyas Iyer, who came running from the backward point after the wicketkeeper-batter encountered a delivery that was "slow and up"

Ashwin, while praising the bowler's spell and ability to surprise...