Navdeep Saini to miss three matches for Worcestershire after India call-up

Navdeep Saini who made a comeback to the Indian Test squad will miss three matches for his English county side Worcestershire in month of July as it is coinciding with the Test series in the West IndiesIndia will play their opening Test in Dominica from July 1216 while the second and final game will be held in Jamaica from July 2024There is always a clause for any international player that if he is called up for national duty he would be released Hence Worcestershire wont be able to avail Sainis services for the said tenure a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymityWorcestershire on Friday announced the signing of India pacer Navdeep Saini as their second overseas player for the upcoming four matches until the end of JulyThe 30yearold Saini is set to make his Worcestershire debut in the Sundays clash against Derbyshire at New RoadWorcestershire have secured the services of Indian fast bowler Navdeep Saini as their second overseas player in the LVInsurance County Championship for the upcoming four matches until the end of July the club said in a statementThe fixtures that Saini wont be available are against Yorkshire from July 1013 versus Leicestershire from July 1922 and Gloucestershire at Cheltenham College ground from July 2629Saini who has represented India in all three formats of the game had a brief stint with Kent last summer where he claimed 11 wickets in two Championship matchesSainis arrival will bolster the bowling unit which has been affected by Charlie Morris retirement due to a knee issue Josh Tongues callups to the England squad and recent injury concerns surrounding Dillon Pennington and Adam FinchI am aware that Indian players such as Kapil Dev Zaheer Khan and Ravichandran Ashwin have previously played for Worcestershire and achieved success Saini was quoted as saying on clubs websiteSaini has represented India in two Tests eight ODIs and 11 T20Is and he has been a part of the Delhi Daredevils Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals squads in the Indian Premier LeagueHaving taken 174 wickets in 60 firstclass matches Saini made an impressive debut for Kent in 2022 securing match figures of 7111 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston including 572 in the first inningsAlso Read India vs West Indies Indian squad announced Jaiswal Ruturaj included in Test squad Pujara droppedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever