Navdeep Saini broke into the international scene after impressing Virat Kohli in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB). The pacer has opined that Kohli always backed him and has played a huge role in building his career.
Navdeep Saini earned the national call in the West Indies series in August last year. He impressed with his pacer clocking at 140 km. The speedster consecutively also made the debut in the ODIs as well. He has so far played 10 T20Is and 5 ODIs, picking 13 and 5 wickets respectively.
He knows me well and understands me: Navdeep Saini
The 27-year-old Saini has expressed that RCB captain Virat Kohli supported him to execute his plans. He also said that Kohli always there to listens to him.
“Virat bhaiya has played a big role in my career. I played IPL for the first time with the RCB under Virat bhaiya. He is always accommodating and listens to me all the time. He backs me in whatever I want to do on the field,” Saini told IANS in an exclusive interview from Dubai.
Further, Saina has highly spoken about Virat Kohli, who is also his Indian captain. He has said that the Kohli and his chemistry translates well in the field because they are playing together for the franchise and India too.
“He [Kohli] is always ready to work on my plans and back me. He shows a lot of faith. During nets, I try to give my best as he is a star batsman and you can assess yourself when you bowl to him. It is also good that he is my India captain. So, the chemistry translates while playing for India too. He knows me well and understands me. He has a lot of faith in me,” Saini said.
Virat Kohli is intense in nets as well: Saini
Navdeep Saina, who is currently in the UAE to feature in the IPL 2020, has started practice session. He has shared his experience of bowling the best batsman Kohli in the nets. Saini expressed that Kohli is also competitive in practice session which gives the pacer an opportunity to showcase his skills.
“He [Kohli] always keeps match intensity at nets. He is aggressive and bats with full intensity. So, as he bats like he is batting during a match, I also feed off that energy and give that little extra to showcase my skills. So, it is like a match-situation when I bowl to him,” he concluded.