Sunday 20 February 2022

Rahul Dravid on Wriddhiman Saha - 'Not hurt at all, have deep respect for him'

 Wriddhiman Saha "merited genuineness and clearness", and a visit about him possibly not being picked in India's Test group going ahead came from Rahul Dravid's "profound regard for Saha and his accomplishments and commitments to Indian cricket."

On Sunday, Saha told ESPNcricinfo that Dravid had shown to him the group the executives' tendency to prepare a more youthful wicketkeeper following the South Africa visit, and that he could "take another choice" assuming he needed.

Minutes after India's 3-0 series prevail upon West Indies, Dravid was gotten some information about the choice call and how he had an outlook on a private discussion being played out the manner in which it has, out in the open.

"I'm not harmed by any means," Dravid said. "I have a profound regard for Wriddhiman Saha and his accomplishments and commitments to Indian cricket. My discussion with him really came from that spot, from my regard for him. He merited trustworthiness and clearness. I didn't need him to catch wind of it from the media.

"These are discussions I continually have with players. I'm not harmed with regards to it at everything since I don't anticipate that players should constantly like every one of the messages, or concur with all that I need to say about them. That is not the way in which it works. At the point when you have troublesome discussions with individuals, here and there you must have them with players. You don't constantly anticipate that they should concur with you or like with you, yet that doesn't mean you hide it away from view and don't have the discussions."

Dravid likewise expounded on how he and Rohit Sharma, who has now been raised to Test captaincy notwithstanding his white-ball obligations, guaranteed players are continually being addressed of their jobs, and how those not in the XI are given a thinking for their prohibition.

"Before each playing XI is picked, even presently, possibly me or Rohit will address the folks not playing and are available to respond to inquiries on why they are not playing and what are the reasons a specific XI could play. I'm not wounded by it. It's normal for players now and again to get upset and feel injured, however I simply feel that due to the regard I have for them, my group merited clearness and genuineness, and that is all I was attempting to convey."

Saha last played for India in November against New Zealand in Kanpur, when the group the executives rested Rishabh Pant. The 37-year-old Saha combat neck fits to make a battling, unbeaten 50 years in the second innings to set up India's presentation. It was in the very Test that KS Bharat, 10 years Saha's lesser, remained in splendidly as a substitute wicketkeeper and dazzled with his flawless glove work on a turning surface.

Saha held his put in India's crew on the visit through South Africa, where he didn't play a solitary Test, even as the tune over the incorporation of a more youthful second wicketkeeper, Bharat, became stronger.

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