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Will Have to Work Harder to Get Into Test Team, Says Navdeep Saini
By Shruti - Sep 13, 2019 11:33 pm
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After having an impressive T20 International debut, speedster Navdeep Saini hopes to play Test cricket in future but he feels he needs extra hard work for this.

Navdeep Saini
Navdeep Saini

“Our bowling unit in the Test format is very strong. When I was with the team (in West Indies) I realised that I’ll have to work harder to get into the side. Only by doing that a I might get a chance,” Saini told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of All India Public Sector T20 cricket tournament.

However, the Indian team management sees Navdeep Saini as a future prospect in red-ball cricket. To groom him better for the longest format of the game, team management used him as a net bowler in the Test series against West Indies. However, that series helped him a lot.

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“When I speak to bowlers like Shami, Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar in the nets I get a lot of help from them. At the international level error of margin is very less so I learn how to work around it in practice,” Saini said.

While speaking about captain Virat Kohli, who is also the captain of Saini in the IPL in the Royal Challengers Bangalore team, he said: “Playing under Virat bhai’s captaincy helps me a lot. He always talks about commitment. He says if you have to achieve anything you should be committed to it completely.”