India, Feb. 6 -- Harshit Rana's exit from the T20 World Cup 2026 is a loss on paper because he's a bowler with pace, and bite that teams like carrying into tournaments.

But if India are trying to win the World Cup, there's a clean, fact-based argument for why this could become a blessing in disguise: it removes volatility and forces clarity in India's seam-bowling roles.

Harshit Rana's most relevant recent T20I marker was that tough outing against New Zealand in Visakhapatnam on January 28, 2026, when he went for 54 in four overs.

One spell doesn't define a career - but in T20s, one spell can define a tournament campaign. That's the key point. A World Cup is not a long series where you absorb a bad day and recover next week. A single 1...