Navdeep Saini (Cricketer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Navdeep Saini

• Does Navdeep Saini smoke?: Not Known

• Does Navdeep Saini drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Navdeep belongs to a middle-class Sikh family.

• His grandfather Karam Singh Saini was a subedar and jeep driver for the Indian National Army and was serving under Subhas Chandra Bose in Tokyo, Japan.

• He always dreamt to become a professional cricketer but he couldn’t afford it during his young days and used to play cricket with the tennis ball.

• He first appeared in the trials of the  Karnal Premier League (KPL) tournament that was organized by Narwal from where he then got recognized.

• He later got the chance to play for India A against New Zealand A.

• After that, he travelled to South Africa along with the Indian team where he played as a net bowler.

• In 2013, he got selected in the ‘Delhi’ cricket team and made his first-class debut in the 2013-14 Ranji Trophy against ‘Vidarbha’ at Delhi, in which he picked 2 wickets.

• In 2017, ‘Delhi Daredevils’ (DD) bought him for Rs. 10 lakhs for the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.

• In 2018, ‘Royal Challengers Bangalore’ (RCB) bought him for Rs. 3 crores for the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.

• On 30 May 2021, he shared a video on Twitter that went viral. In the video, Navdeep was seeing showing off his ‘Harley-Davidson’ bike. Netizens also criticized the way he was blowing dust with his wike.