Navdeep Amarjeet Saini

Born on 23 November 1992, Navdeep Saini is an Indian cricketer who is a right-arm fast bowler playing for Delhi in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Saini has representing Delhi in Ranji Trophy since 2013 and made his IPL debut for Delhi Daredevils franchise in the 2017 Indian Premier League. In the following IPL season, he joined Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore and is currently playing for the Rajasthan Royals franchise. Saini made his international debut for the India cricket team in 2019 when he played his maiden T20I on 3 August 2019 and maiden ODI on 22 December 2019 against West Indies.

Some of his major career achievements:

• Leading wicket-taker for Delhi in the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy season, with 34 wickets in 8 matches
• Saini was also the leading wicket-taker for Delhi in the 2018-19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 16 wickets in 8 matches.
• Named as a standby bowler for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in April 2019
• Selected for ODI and T20I series against West Indies in 2019. In his T20I debut, Saini took 3 wickets from 4 overs, including Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer in two consecutive deliveries and he was named the Man of the Match.
• Saini is also selected for India's Test squad for October 2020's India tour of Australia.