Watch: Virat Kohli’s priceless reaction to Navdeep Saini’s outrageous six over cover

Navdeep Saini played the knock of his life to give India a fighting chance in the must-win second ODI against New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday.

Chasing New Zealand’s 273/8, India’s top order failed but Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja turned up to play pivotal knocks, but the surprise came from Saini, the bowler.

Batting for the first time in his short ODI career, the 23-year-year from Karnal in Haryana, hit 45 off 49 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes, including successive fours off Colin de Grandhomme in the 44th over. Navdeep Saini was bowled by Kyle Jamieson, off the third ball of the next over, after hitting a six.

He and Jadeja resurrected the Indian innings with a 76-run stand.

As it Happened

During his innings Navdeep Saini played 45 balls and scored 49 runs including 5 fours & 2 Sixes.On the 2nd ball of the 45th Over being bowled by NZ bowler Jamieson, Saini played an outstanding shot over cover which left everyone awstruck, this shot went all the way for a SIX. Virat Kohli was also suprised to watch Navdeep playing this shot.You can Watch his reaction below:

India suffers series loss

Despite a valiant fight from Ravindra Jadeja and Navdeep Saini, India fell 22 runs short of 273-run total in Auckland to allow the hosts take an unbeatable lead of 2-0 in the 3-match ODI series. By virtue of the defeat, India suffered their first bilateral series defeat against the Black Caps in 6 years.India last lost a bilateral ODI series to New Zealand in January 2014 under the captaincy of MS Dhoni when the hosts thrashed them 4-0 to clinch the five-match series. India’s recent series defeat comes after they whitewashed New Zealand 5-0 in the recently concluded T20I series.