Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) secretary Snehasish Ganguly stated that Wriddhiman Saha most likely made an error of judgment by publicly commenting on a non-public dialog between him and the selectors/BCCI. Snehasish, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s elder brother, additionally opined that Saha may have performed the Ranji Trophy reasonably than opting out of the Bengal squad.
“This is my private opinion, however what was communicated to him (Saha) by the chief selector/BCCI was non-public. He most likely should not have gone public with that. Also, he may have performed the Ranji Trophy. He cited private causes for pulling out and we’ve got to respect that. The door is all the time open for him, every time he desires to affix the squad,” Snehasish instructed reporters on Sunday.
After Saha was dropped from the Test crew for the upcoming two-match collection towards Sri Lanka, he instructed this paper that he had acquired a WhatsApp message from the BCCI president following his game-saving 61 not out within the first Test towards New Zealand at Kanpur in November final yr that stated, ‘so long as I’m right here (helming the BCCI), you’d be within the crew’.
“After scoring 61 against New Zealand at Kanpur, Dadi (Sourav Ganguly) congratulated me over WhatsApp and mentioned, ‘As long as I’m here (helming the BCCI), you would be in the team’. Such a message from the BCCI president really boosted my confidence. What I’m struggling to understand is how things have changed so fast,” the wicketkeeper-batsman had stated.
About his dialog with Sharma, he had stated: “What Chetan Sharma said at the press conference today was totally different to what we had conversed. He had called me and asked if I was playing the Ranji Trophy. That was the first week of February and I told him that the Ranji Trophy was still some time away. He said, ‘OK’. Then, he told me that he wanted to convey something, that the selection committee was planning to try a new face, thinking long-term. That I wasn’t playing and was in the team as a second wicketkeeper and the selection committee wanted to try a newcomer and groom him. He told me I wouldn’t be in the team for the Sri Lanka series.”
Snehasish stated age should not be an element for a cricketer so long as he’s performing properly.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
