Saini, 29, has represented India in two Tests, eight ODIs and 11 T20Is, picking two, six and 13 wickets respectively. He was last seen in the Indian jersey during their white-ball tour of Sri Lanka last year. Saini plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and represented
Saini also becomes the fifth Indian player to sign up for the English domestic cricket season in 2022 after Cheteshwar Pujara (Sussex), Washington Sundar (Lancashire), Krunal Pandya (Warwickshire) and Umesh Yadav (Middlesex).
Kent also said that Saini, the right-arm pacer, will wear his preferred shirt number of 96 and will follow in the footsteps of
"In a year when it's been difficult to take wickets, we're excited to have the opportunity to add a fast bowler of Navdeep's quality to our squad," said
Saini played in the four-day first-class warm-up match against Leicestershire in June, picking 3-55 in India's second innings. But he was not involved in the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston.
Kent had lost by 203 runs to
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