Navdeep Saini IPL 2026: Team India’s fast bowler Navdeep Saini finally got entry in IPL. This right-arm pacer has been included in the squad of Kolkata Knight Riders in place of Harshit Rana. Navdeep Saini was not sold in the IPL auction this season, last year also he did not find any buyer but this time due to the injury of Harshit Rana, he got a place in the KKR team. Harshit Rana was injured before the T20 World Cup and due to this he could not play in it and now he has to sit out of the IPL too but his injury has given a chance to Navdeep Saini.
How much salary will Navdeep Saini get?
Navdeep Saini will get Rs 75 lakh for this season in Kolkata Knight Riders. The rule of IPL is that if a player is selected as replacement then he is included in the team at base price. Navdeep Saini has played a total of 32 matches in IPL and this player has taken 23 wickets. Navdeep Saini last played IPL in the year 2023, in which Rajasthan gave him a chance in 2 matches and he took 3 wickets. Navdeep Saini’s economy rate was more than 12 which went against him. Navdeep Saini made his debut for RCB in 2019 and took 11 wickets in it. However, since then Navdeep’s performance kept declining.
Raw pace added to the Knights’ arsenal
Glad to have you join us, Navdeep
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Navdeep Saini’s career
Navdeep Saini has played 2 tests for Team India, in which he has 4 wickets in his name. Apart from this, he has taken 6 wickets in 8 ODIs. Navdeep Saini has taken 13 wickets in 11 T20s. Despite having an economy rate of just 7.1 in T20 Internationals, he was dropped from Team India. This player has been out of Team India for the last five years. He played his last match in the year 2021.
KKR team for IPL 2026
Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Tejashwi Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Cameron Green, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Blessing Muzarabani, Vaibhav Arora, Mathisa Pathirana, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Saurabh Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Umran Malik and Varun Chakraborty.