IMAGE: IPL had paved the best way for Ajinkya Rahane’s Take a look at comeback after greater than a 12 months, nevertheless it was not the case for wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha. {Photograph}: BCCI
Sidelined wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha, who had one more profitable IPL stint with consecutive IPL finalists Gujarat Titans, is again in dialogue for his omission from the Indian squad for subsequent week’s World Take a look at Championship ultimate towards Australia.
Days after former India coach and captain Anil Kumble mentioned the selectors ‘missed a trick’ by not choosing Saha for the WTC ultimate, his fellow IPL commentator Deep Dasgupta echoed the identical views and termed the stumper as one of many ‘greatest’.
“He (Saha) is like evergreen man, he’s like 38-39, nonetheless appears to be among the finest glovesman on the planet,” Dasgupta, a former India wicketkeeper turned commentator, mentioned on Tuesday.
Persevering with his unimaginable report within the IPL ultimate, Saha struck 54 off 39 balls to present GT a brisk begin, to take his report to a century and a fifty from three IPL ultimate appearances.
IPL had paved the best way for Ajinkya Rahane’s Take a look at comeback after greater than a 12 months, nevertheless it was not the case for Saha for causes “aside from efficiency”, Dasgupta remarked.
“Clearly batting clever, he has achieved his job for his group, one thing that has been requested him to, and he has does it very well.”
“That is what he at all times was, he at all times did. One other actually good 12 months. It’s got nothing to do together with his efficiency, there have been different issues,” Dasgupta mentioned referring to Saha’s fallout with BCCI two years again that has led to his downfall.
IMAGE: Wriddhiman Saha struck two half-centuries, and aggregated 371 runs in IPL 2023. {Photograph}: BCCI
Saha, who final performed for India in November 2021 towards New Zealand for his fortieth Take a look at look, had fallen out of favour after Rishabh Pant had change into the automated selection for the wicketkeeper’s slot.
The identical was communicated to Saha by the group administration who had mentioned they needed to groom a teen as Pant’s…
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