An afternoon after Saha tweeted a screenshot of the messages from any individual he described as “a revered journalist”, who looked to be tough an unique interview, The Indian Categorical has learnt that the BCCI will ask the cricketer to show the unnamed particular person’s id sooner than settling on its plan of action.
Saha, in the meantime, has won an outpouring of strengthen from former cricketers who’ve expressed unity and recommended him to show the journalist’s identify. Former India spinner Pragyan Ojha, the Indian cricketers’ affiliation consultant, tweeted that “we can ensure that our cricket group boycotts this so referred to as journalist!”
On Saturday night time, Saha had posted the screenshot with a tweet: “In any case of my contributions to Indian cricket..that is what I face from a so referred to as “Revered” journalist! That is the place the journalism has long past.”
Following the interview request, which integrated the road “Make a choice whoever can assist probably the most”, any other message from the screenshot learn: “You didn’t name. By no means once more will I interview you. I don’t take insults kindly. And I can consider this.”
After Saha’s submit whipped up a typhoon on social media, Virender Sehwag tweeted: “Extraordinarily unhappy. Such sense of entitlement, nor is he revered nor a journalist, simply chamchagiri. With you Wriddhi.”
So did former off-spinner Harabhajan Singh: “Wridhi you simply identify the individual in order that the cricket group is aware of who operates like this. Else even the nice ones will likely be put beneath suspicion… What sort of journalism is that this.” Harbhajan tagged BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, secretary Jay Shah and Union Minister for Sports activities and Early life Affairs Anurag Thakur in his tweet.
Former trainer Ravi Shastri chipped in. “Stunning a participant being threatened via a journo. Blatant place abuse. One thing that’s going down too often with #TeamIndia. Time for the BCCI prez to dive in. To find out who the individual is within the pastime of each and every cricketer. That is critical coming from final workforce guy WS,” he posted.
Former India pacer R P Singh, too, sponsored Saha. “When it’s about BCCI or cricketers, we pay attention such a lot of ‘resources’ from the entire reporters. Can a unmarried supply inform me who this so-called journalist is who has threatened Saha?” he tweeted.
Typically calm and emotionless, 37-year-old Saha got here out all weapons blazing on Saturday after now not being picked within the workforce. He advised this newspaper that he was once stunned at probably the most statements from leader selector Chetan Sharma on the press convention after the choice committee assembly.
Sharma had advised the media that it was once now not the tip of the street for Saha and different seniors. However Saha stated: “I requested him if I might be thought to be for the workforce’s subsequent Take a look at assignments, in England and past? He paused for a 2nd or two sooner than telling me that any further, I wouldn’t be thought to be.”
It sounds as if, Saha’s pullout from the primary spherical of Bengal’s Ranji fixtures was once misconstrued as him shedding motivation after each trainer Rahul Dravid and Sharma had conveyed to him that his world days are over. However the wicketkeeper pushed aside this kind of advice, pronouncing the pullout was once because of private causes as his spouse had simply recovered from a bout of dengue.
Saha additionally claimed that Ganguly had despatched him a WhatsApp message after his defiant 61 towards Sri Lanka in Kanpur that “so long as I’m right here (helming the BCCI), you could possibly be within the workforce”. “Any such message from the BCCI president actually boosted my self assurance. What I’m suffering to know is how issues have modified so speedy,” Saha stated.
Cricket Affiliation of Bengal (CAB) secretary Snehasish Ganguly stated that Saha must have desisted from publicly commenting on a non-public dialog between him and the selectors or BCCI. He additionally stated that the wicketkeeper must have performed the primary spherical of Ranji Trophy.
“That is my private opinion, however what was once communicated to him (Saha) via the manager selector or BCCI was once non-public. He almost certainly shouldn’t have long past public with that. Additionally, he can have performed the Ranji Trophy. He cited private causes for pulling out and we need to appreciate that,” Snehasish advised journalists on Sunday. “The door is at all times open for him, each time he needs to sign up for the squad,”
(With Shamik Chakrabarty)
