IND vs WI: The player who made his debut under the captaincy of Virat Kohli returned after 2 years, did Rohit ignore?

Team India has been announced for the West Indies tour starting from 12th July. The senior selection committee has just announced the squads for the Test and ODI series. The team for the T20 series is yet to be announced. Many big decisions have been taken in the Test and ODI team. Experienced players like Cheteshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav have been shown the way out of the Test team while Sanju Samson, Rituraj Gaikwad, Jaydev Unadkat have returned in ODIs.

Navdeep Saini returns after 2 years

There is a bowler in the Indian Test team announced against West Indies who has been selected in Team India after 2 years. Yes, fast bowler Navdeep Saini has returned to Team India after a long time. Navdeep Saini has been selected in the team for the two-Test series. Navdeep Saini, 30, has made a comeback in the Indian team at a time when he was on the verge of retirement after being sidelined for two years. Saini was overlooked in IPL 2023 as well. He played only 2 matches this season, in which he took 3 wickets.

Test debut was done under the captaincy of Virat Kohli

Navdeep Saini, who made his international debut in 2019, made his Test debut in 2021 against Australia in Sydney. Navdeep Saini got a chance to debut under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. Navdeep Saini took 4 wickets in his debut match. After debut, Navdeep played one Test match and the same series against Australia which was his last Test. Saini did not get any wicket in that match. Since then Navdeep Saini has been out of the Test team. After Virat, even under the captaincy of Rohit, he had to wait a long time to make a place in the team.

Saini got less chances under Rohit’s captaincy!

Navdeep Saini made his debut in white ball cricket in 2019 itself. He made his ODI debut against the West Indies in December 2019. At that time Virat Kohli was the captain of the team and when Saini played the last ODI in July 2021, Shikhar Dhawan was the captain of the team at that time. In August 2019, when Saini made his T20 debut against the West Indies, Virat Kohli was the captain and in his last T20, Shikhar Dhawan was the captain of the team. This shows that Navdeep Saini did not get many opportunities under Rohit’s captaincy.

International statistics of Navdeep Saini

After making his debut in 2019, the 30-year-old bowler has so far played only 21 international matches in his career, which includes 11 Tests and 8 ODIs along with 2 T20s. Navdeep has taken 13 wickets in 9 innings of 11 Tests, while he has 6 wickets in 8 ODIs. Navdeep has taken 4 wickets in 2 T20s. Navdeep Saini has 174 wickets in first class cricket.