In just the fourth ball of his spell, the right-arm pacer banged one in at short of a length. It grew bigger on Warner than he would've expected, and the Australian top-edged the ball straight up in the air to wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan.
Navdeep Saini managed to do what not many fast bowlers around the world can't: bounce-out David Warner.
The Australian opener was sailing like he usually does at the top of the innings, racing to 25 in just 30 balls on Friday. The two experienced India 'A' new ball bowlers – Ashoke Dinda and Hardik Pandya – were unable to trouble the left-hander even a little bit.
But in the ninth over the day, Pandya threw the ball to a rather unheralded Saini.
In just the fourth ball of his spell, the right-arm pacer banged one in at short of a length. It grew bigger on Warner than he would've expected, and the Australian top-edged the ball straight up in the air to wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan.
"It's the most special feeling for me that I got Warner out off a bouncer," the 24-year-old Saini said after the day's play.
It wasn't a magic ball, as they say. It was a well-planned dismissal.
"I saw him (Warner) pulling Dinda's short of length deliveries. I thought he will do the same if I bang it in. And with my high arm action, the ball will bounce more. I did just that and he got out," he added.
Saini, who took 16 wickets for Delhi in five games in the just-concluded Ranji Trophy season, was the pick of the bowlers for India 'A'. He hurried the visiting batsmen with his skiddy pace, something that Warner's partner Matt Renshaw was unable to adjust to as well.
Saini kept pushing the left-hander back, and then got him nicking a short of a length ball to the wicketkeeper in his fifth over of the spell to put the Aussies in a spot of bother at 55/2.
"As soon as I was called upon to bowl, I thought in my mind that I want to bowl in the right areas. I was a bit nervous before my first ball, and it took some time for me to get it right. But once I did, I got both the openers out," he said.
A bout of cramps and captain Pandya's love for operating with part-timers meant that Saini bowled only a little over seven overs over the course of the rest of the day. If not for that, the young lad would've probably had some more special feelings to take back.
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