Saini storm may strike soon India pacer, whose 45 against NZ went in vain on Saturday, has all the makings of a fine cricketer Vimal Kumar sports@ mid- day. com AUCKLAND: Navdeep Sainiu2019s highest score in first- class cricket is 42 and he surprised himself and everyone by getting to his highest score in his very first innings in an oneday international. In fact, he out- batted his senior partner Ravindra Jadeja in Auckland during the second match of the ODI series on Saturday.
u201c Yes, I will regret it [ the dismissal] when I go back and see the video. If I hadnu2019t got out, maybe the result could have been different. I will regret that I took it so close and maybe could have gotten closer,u201d confessed Saini, 27.
Adaptability has been his biggest strength and his emergence in Indian cricket bears testimony to that. Itu2019s now part of Delhi cricketu2019s folklore how Saini, who had never bowled with a red ball until one fine day he got a chance during Delhi Ranji teamu2019s net session at the Roshanara cricket ground on a pleasant December morning in 2013.
For the last couple of years, Saini has either been part of India u2018 Au2019 squads or bowling to the national team as a net bowler. The current New Zealand tour is a big learning experience for him and he knows that bowling in firstclass cricket is different from international cricket, regardless of the format one plays.
Execution of plan vital u201c The difference is that the margin of error is lower.
Whatever you plan, you have to stick to it. I have to bowl as per the plan and stay mentally strong at this level,u201d Saini said.
Indiau2019s Navdeep Saini in full flow against New Zealand during the second ODI at Auckland on Saturday. PIC/ AFP It was Delhi skipper Gautam Gambhir who saw something special in Saini and backed him to the hilt.
So much so that Gambhir even had a dirty fight with Bishan Singh Bedi and Chetan Chauhan and blasted them on Twitter when Saini made his T20I debut
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