New Delhi. In the Indian Premier League, almost every player who gets dropped from the team for some reason gets a chance to show his mettle. Wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha, who has been ruled out of all three formats of Team India, has recently been dropped by the BCCI from the annual contract list. Captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid have also moved ahead leaving him. Hardik Pandya, who is captaining in T20, has given him a continuous opportunity in the IPL franchise team, but he could not take advantage of it.
Wriddhiman Saha, who was a part of the Indian cricket team as a wicketkeeper, could never play as a leading wicketkeeper. First Mahendra Singh Dhoni and then Rishabh Pant forced him to stay in the team by being the number two wicketkeeper. After not being able to make a place in any of the three formats, the BCCI also dropped him from the annual contract list of players. Now the form of this player, who entered the Indian Premier League with the last hope, is not supporting him and the problem has arisen here too.
Bat has run in only 1 match
This season, coach Ashish Nehra and captain Hardik Pandya have given frequent opportunities to Wriddhiman Saha. Till now the team of Gujarat Titans has played a total of 7 matches and Saha has been included in the playing XI of all these matches. In just 1 match, he has scored 47 runs with his bat, apart from this he has scored 25, 14, 17, 30, 4, and 4 runs. So far he has scored just 141 runs.
Runs have come in only 2 innings
His biggest innings this season has been 47 runs. It was made on 22 April while playing against Lucknow Super Giants. After this, there is an inning of 30 runs which was scored by Wriddhiman Saha in the match played against Punjab Kings on 13 April.
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Tags: Hardik Pandya, IPL 2023, Wriddhiman saha
FIRST PUBLISHED : April 27, 2023, 06:15 IST