Delhi’s try to keep away from an outright win and snatch some extent within the course of from Tamil Nadu of their Ranji Trophy match on the Arun Jaitley Stadium noticed some dramatic scenes involving tailender Navdeep Saini.
The hosts had been eight wickets down on the final day of their Group D match, after following on. Having made a mammoth 674 for six batting first, Tamil Nadu bowled Delhi out for 266 within the first innings.
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Whereas Tamil Nadu opener Sai Sudharsan (213) scored a double hundred, Washington Sundar (152) and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (117) strucks centuries to steer their workforce’s huge whole.
Tamil Nadu skipper Narayan Jagadeesan enforced the follow-on and the guests moved within reach of victory by taking eight wickets on Monday, when Saini tried to duck a bouncer however acquired hit on the helmet shortly earlier than shut of play.
At first Saini confirmed a thumbs-up signal to his accomplice however seemingly realised thereafter that it was an opportunity for him to waste some essential minutes, which might assist Delhi draw the match and earn some extent.
With a hand on his head, Saini began strolling in the direction of the purpose space and shortly fell flat on the bottom.
Feeling that this was a staged act by Saini, a person on X wrote “finest actor of cricket goes to Navdeep Saini” whereas posting a video clip of the incident.
The three factors noticed Tamil Nadu go prime of Group D with a complete of 10 factors, whereas Delhi’s tally elevated to four factors however they keep within the backside half at quantity 5.
