Navdeep Amarjeet Saini (born 23 November 1992) is an Indian

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er. He has played for

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since 2013. He made his international debut for the

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in August 2019.

Early life

Navdeep Saini was born on 23 November 1992 in

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. His father, a driver, was employed with the

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. His grandfather Karam Singh, an independence activist, was a part of

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Domestic career

Saini made his

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debut on 2 January 2016 in the

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. In February 2017, he was bought by the

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team for the

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for 10

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s. In January 2018, he was bought by the

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in the

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for 3 crores. He was the leading wicket-taker for Delhi in the

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, with 34 dismissals in eight matches. He was also the leading wicket-taker for Delhi in the

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, with sixteen dismissals in eight matches. In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the

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. The following month, he was named as one of eight players to watch ahead of the

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. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the

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auction. In July 2022, he signed a short-term deal with

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to play up to three

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and five One-Day Cup matches in England. He made his debut against

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and took seven wickets, including a five-wicket haul in the first innings.

International career

In June 2018, he was added to India's

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squad for their one-off match against Afghanistan as a replacement for

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, but he did not play. In April 2019, he was named as a standby bowler for the

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. In July 2019, he was named in India's

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(ODI) and

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(T20I) squads for their series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut against the West Indies on 3 August 2019. He took three wickets from his four overs, including

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and

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in two consecutive deliveries. He bowled a wicket-maiden in the last over of the innings, dismissing

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. He was named the

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. In December 2019, he was added to India's

(ODI) squad for their home series against the West Indies. He made his ODI debut for India, also against the

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, on 22 December 2019. In February 2020, he was named in India's

squad for their series against New Zealand. In October 2020, he was again named in India's Test squad, this time for their series against Australia. However, Saini could not play the whole tour due to a back spasm. He made his Test debut for India on 7 January 2021, against

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, taking the wicket of fellow debutant

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, as his maiden dismissal in Test cricket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saini, Navdeep 1992 births Living people Indian cricketers India Test cricketers India One Day International cricketers India Twenty20 International cricketers Indian A cricketers Delhi cricketers India Green cricketers Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers People from Karnal Cricketers from Haryana Rajasthan Royals cricketers Kent cricketers