Wriddhiman Saha shouldn't have gone public with private chats: Sourav Ganguly's brother

Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) secretary and bror to Sourav Ganguly, Snehashish Ganguly on Monday opined that Wriddhiman Saha shouldn't have publicly spoken about private conversation between him and BCCI president/ selectors. 

Snehashish went on to d that Saha is always welcomed to join squ when he likes and that he shouldn't have opted out of playing Ranji “This is my personal opinion, but what was communicated to him (Saha) by chief selector/BCCI was private. He probably shouldn’t have gone public with that. Also, he could have played Ranji Trophy. He cited personal reasons for pulling out and we have to respect that. door is always open for him, whenever he wants to join squ,” Snehasish told reporters during an interaction.

Saha recalls WhatsApp chat with Sourav Ganguly after Test snub

Earlier, after snub from Test squ and on being informed he's no longer in contention of a national team spot, Saha recalled how he h received a WhatsApp message from Sourav Ganguly following his game-saving 61 not out in first Test against New Zealand at Kanpur in November last year wherein Ganguly assured Saha a place in team until he was at helm of affairs for BCCI.

“After scoring 61 against New Zealand at Kanpur, Da (Sourav Ganguly) congratulated me over WhatsApp and mentioned, ‘As long as I’m here (helming BCCI), you would be in team’. Such a message from BCCI president really boosted my confidence. What I’m struggling to understand is how things have changed so fast,” wicketkeeper-batter said.

Wriddhiman Saha says Chetan Sharma's presser contricts conversation between m

Wriddhiman Saha also mentioned Chetan Sharma's presser and stated that while selector said "age isn't something" y look into he h informed Saha that team in thinking long-term and wanted to groom a youngster and thus he wasn't going to play "What Chetan Sharma said at press conference today was totally different to what we h conversed. He h called me and asked if I was playing Ranji Trophy. That was first week of February and I told him that Ranji Trophy was still some time away. He said, ‘OK’. n, he told me that he wanted to convey something, that selection committee was planning to try a new face, thinking long-term. That I wasn’t playing and was in team as a second wicketkeeper and selection committee wanted to try a newcomer and groom him. He told me I wouldn’t be in team for Sri Lanka series.” he ded.

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