In a thrilling Ranji Trophy match, Delhi drew the match against Tamil Nadu on Monday. The credit for drawing the match for Delhi was also given to fast bowler Navdeep Saini, who pretended to be injured after being hit on the helmet by the ball, which wasted a lot of time. This video of Navdeep is going viral on social media. Saini and Himanshu Chauhan performed brilliantly in the match and deprived Tamil Nadu of its second consecutive victory. Saini scored 15 runs in 64 balls in the match and played an important role in drawing the match.
Saini pretended to be injured
Saini's work was discussed the most after the match. Saini fell down after the ball hit the helmet of the Tamil Nadu bowler. After the ball, all the players looked worried about Saini. Here Saini first greeted everyone and said that he was fine. But after a few minutes, the fast bowler immediately called the physio and suddenly fell on the ground.
The video is going viral on social media, where people are praising Saini's acting. Before Navdeep, Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant had also pretended to be injured in the T20 World Cup final, which later benefited the team.
What happened in the match?
Delhi, forced to play follow-on in this exciting match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, batted 83 overs on the last day. At one time the team had lost eight wickets and defeat seemed certain, but in the end the team narrowly escaped defeat. Here, due to rain and bad light, Delhi managed to score one point. Tamil Nadu made a huge score of 674 runs for 6 wickets with the help of Sai Sudarshan's double century in the first innings and a brilliant century by Washington Sundar, who came to bat at number three.
However, the decision to declare the innings late proved costly for the team as they also missed out on the bonus point. Even after Yash Dhull's century, Delhi's first innings was reduced to just 266 runs. Even in the second innings, the team's position remained the same and wickets kept falling. But ultimately the team was successful in drawing the match.