Indian team keeps Navdeep Saini as cover for Test series against West Indies

[Ankit_sharma03]

Yes, Navdeep Saini has been asked to stay back by the team management for the Test series. He will stay back primarily as a net bowler, they want to groom him for the Test format keeping an eye on the future," a senior BCCI official said on Monday.

 

"Saini has been a performer in red ball cricket for the past few years. He has the pace, and ability to hit the deck, move the ball both in air and off the pitch.

 

"If he is groomed well, it will only increase our pool of fast bowlers for the top tier cricket. That's how the team management is looking at him," the official said.

 

It is believed that if Saini stays back, it will help bowling coach Bharath Arun to invest more time in the 26-year-old Karnal-lad, who has taken 120 wickets from 43 first-class games with three five-wicket hauls.

 

"One can't ignore the effort that Arun has put in to make India's fast bowling unit the best that has emerged from the country. Rather than playing domestic cricket, he now needs to be in and around the international scene and learn the tricks of the trade for the next level," he said.

 

India will play five Test matches at home this season with three against South Africa and two against Bangladesh.

 

It will not be a bad idea to blood Saini against Bangladesh since the management would be monitoring Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami's respective workloads.

 

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[express bowling]

Excellent decision in the aftermath of his exclusion from the test squad.

 

Should have been in the test squad in the first place.

[cricketfan28]

I am starting to like this TM.

[Vilander]

This is perfect.

[TheWall]

Good move....

[Malcolm Merlyn]

He is a fast medium bowler. Nothing to be excited about.

[neel roy]

if 147-150 is fast medium then i guess i am not sure what fast is and who bowls it

[Vilander]

8 hours ago, Malcolm Merlyn said:

He is a fast medium bowler. Nothing to be excited about.

he has ability to extract bounce and beat batsmen for pace. Speed readings will follow when he bowls in centers with accurate readings. He is a fast bowler from what we can see in match situation, not much unlike others in terms of pace.

[Nikhil_cric]

Good to hear this. Might need him in the 2nd test as bumrah looks unfit. 

[rkt.india]

@express bowlingWas watching the replay of SMA trophy Delhi vs UP where Majumdar had said Saini bowled 135 touching 140.  Now i listened to it again and realized what he was actually saying.  At that time, i had said he was sarcastic while you were saying he was demeaning his pace, but if you listen to it again.  Majumdar says he had first seen Saini a couple of seasons back and he had found him impressive and was around 135KPH and touching 140 too and he was not wrong,  Saini was mostly bowling this pace at that time.