Former India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has announced his decision to retire from first-class cricket after the end of the ongoing 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season. Saha, a veteran of 40 Tests, returned to represent his home state — West Bengal ahead of the ongoing season.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India could feel embarrassed but the journalist whom it has banned for two years for bullying Wriddhiman Saha was said to have been paid a king's ransom early in this millennium for writing a book which had one of its former chiefs, Jagmohan Dalmiya, unabashedly praised up to the sky.
Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag has reacted to wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha's tweet of slamming an unnamed 'respected journalist'.
It's raining milestones in the IPL with Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, and Wriddhiman Saha crossing batting marks in the league and the T20 format.
But when calibrated evaluations of competing cricketers’ attributes lead up to a conclusion where narrowly defined niches are pointed at for players good enough to be in the national mix, you are apt to be left wondering if the batsmen as well as the wicketkeepers are not befuddled.
Saha’s 100th victim was none other than Shadman Islam. A Umesh Yadav delivery took the outside edge of Islam’s bat and Saha made no mistake behind the stumps to complete his 100th dismissal.
Saha and Shami were a part of the Mohun Bagan AC club team which had faced Bhowanipore Club in the first-ever pink-ball day-night match in India.
In the recently concluded series against the Proteas, which India won 3-0, Saha drew a lot of appreciation as his efforts behind the wicket had left even his teammates amused.
While bad light did force the players to go off the field after the Indians asked for an extra 30 minutes at the fall of the eighth wicket, the South Africans are only delaying the inevitable.
Wriddhiman Saha is the best wicket-keeper in Test cricket and stands way above his national team counterpart Rishabh Pant, says an analysis website.
