On a day Wriddhiman Saha deposed earlier than the BCCI-appointed three-member committee and stated he had informed them ‘all the things’ concerning the identification of the unnamed particular person, who had allegedly “bullied” the wicketkeeper-batsman for an interview, discuss present host Boria Majumdar, too, despatched a chronological assertion to the cricket board. In it, Majumdar accused the cricketer of “doctoring” the screenshots of the WhatsApp messages.
Saha made his deposition earlier than the committee comprising the cricket board’s vice-president Rajiv Shukla, treasurer Arun Dhumal and the BCCI Apex Council member Prabhtej Singh Bhatia.
After testifying earlier than the probe committee, Saha informed reporters, “I have told the committee everything I know. I have shared all the details with them. I can’t tell you much right now. BCCI has asked me not to talk about the meeting outside as they will answer all your queries.” The Indian Express be taught that Saha had named Mujumdar, who hosts a present ‘backstage with Boria’.
When contacted Majumdar he informed this paper that he would file a defamation go well with towards Saha. “I’m filing a defamation case on Wriddhiman Saha. He has doctored, tampered and manipulated screenshots. Earlier today, I have sent the BCCI all the details and I have emailed everybody in the BCCI the entire sequence of events. I have also tweeted my side of the story,” Majumdar said. The BCCI constituted the committee last week “to look into the matter of Widdhiman Saha receiving threats and intimidation from a senior journalist”.
The 37-year-old wicketkeeper posted a tweet on February 19. “After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so-called “Respected” journalist! This is the place the journalism has gone.”
After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..that is what I face from a so referred to as “Respected” journalist! This is the place the journalism has gone. pic.twitter.com/woVyq1sOZX
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) February 19, 2022
Saha then shared screenshots of messages from the journalist which learn: “You didn’t name. Never once more will I interview you. I do not take insults kindly. And I’ll keep in mind this.”
Plenty of former cricketers, together with ex-Indian workforce head coach Ravi Shastri, sympathised with Saha, however the latter refused to call the journalist in public.
Majumdar narrated his model of the sequence of occasions. “I’ve not even spoken to the person on the nineteenth (February). My name data and his name data will be checked. I had final spoken to him on the thirteenth after I referred to as to congratulate him for his Rs 1.9 crore take care of the Gujarat Titans and that was after I requested him for an interview. He stated as soon as he goes residence, he would discuss to me at 8 pm and requested me to ship him a Zoom hyperlink. After that I waited for two-and-a-half hours.”
In his assertion to the BCCI, the Majumdar has claimed that Saha’s supervisor visited his residence on February 1 and arrange “two interviews as a brand building exercise”. On February 10, forward of the IPL mega public sale, Majumdar had despatched some texts to the participant through WhatsApp.
A collection of texts was despatched on February 13 additionally after Saha was roped in by Gujarat Titans on the second day of the public sale. The journalist’s assertion gave particulars of his WhatsApp texts to Saha, claiming that the latter had “confirmed an interview over Zoom”. As per the assertion, the context of the texts was “the frustration over failure of Mr. Saha to conform together with his skilled dedication and therefore was an expression of dismay by Mr. Majumdar”. Majumdar has denied any threats or hostile motion.
Saha went unsold on Day One of the public sale earlier than getting his IPL contract the next day. Before that, he was overlooked of the Indian workforce for the two-Test collection towards Sri Lanka.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
