Amit Mishra praised Navdeep Saini following his fiery international debut against West Indies, but insisted that India need more players like him.
Indian pacer Navdeep Saini has been handed a demerit point for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.
Navdeep Saini has shown that he's here to stay with a fantastic debut with Team India in the ongoing T20I series against West Indies, and India TV talked to the pacer's father, who reflected on his journey to international cricket.
Bedi denied that he had ever publicly questioned the merit of Saini's selection in the Delhi team despite being from Haryana domicile.
Navdeep Saini took three wickets on his debut, winning the man of the match award. In a post-match interview with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, he revealed the story behind his tattoo.
Navdeep Saini was the man of the match in the first T20I against West Indies, and skipper Virat Kohli was justifiably pleased with his performance.
The 26-year-old Saini claimed three wickets for 17 runs to help India restrict the West Indies to 95 for 9 after being put to bat. India then chased down the target with 2.4 overs to spare for a 4-wicket win.
Chasing 96 for a win, India huffed and puffed before reaching the target with 2.4 overs to spare.
Chasing 96 for a win, India huffed and puffed before reaching the target with 2.4 overs to spare and four wickets in hand in Florida.
Saini claimed the wickets of Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer while bowling his first over in the Blue jersey on his debut after India opted to bowl.
Navdeep Saini is one of India's fastest bowlers and will be expected to give good practice to the top-order.
The pacer from Karnal, who plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and represents RCB in the IPL, will be flying to the United Kingdom for the World Cup as one of India's four net bowlers for the showpiece.
Saini picked up 11 wickets for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) from 13 matches and was their second best bowler after spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.
After finishing last in IPL 2017 and 6th in IPL 2018, Virat Kohli's RCB is all set to finish last again in this year's Indian Premier League.
AB de Villiers scored a blistering 44-ball 82 not out while Navdeep Saini bowled an impressive spell and returned with 2/33 as RCB beat KXIP by 17 runs in Bengaluru.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have won four out of their last five games and there is an outside chance of their playoff qualification if they can win the remaining three games.
Navdeep Saini is the sole bowler among the standbys with the others being Ambati Rayudu and Rishabh Pant.
Former Australia speedster Brett Lee said that it feels good to see young India pacers like Prasidh Krishna and Navdeep Saini running in and bowling fast.
While Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan and Deepak Chahar will be travelling with the team purely as net bowlers.
Following on, the visitors ended the second day at 24 for no loss in their second innings, still behind by 228 runs.
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