With a lot of options to chose from, Team India keep making experiments for various positions. From the debatable No. 4 spot to even the wicketkeeping options, India have seen changes in the past couple of months.
With a lot of options to chose from, Team India keep making experiments for various positions. From the debatable No. 4 spot to even the wicketkeeping options, India have seen changes in the past couple of months.
Currently, for the ongoing Test series against South Africa, Rishabh Pant was replaced by Wriddhiman Saha.
The latter has done a very good job behind the stumps and has helped spinners like R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja get important wickets. So what is the relationship between the gloveman and Pant and is he mentoring him on any level?
Six days short of his 35th birthday, the sprightly Saha replied in negative.
“There’s nothing (mentoring) like that. We just discuss normally the way the wicketkeepers discuss. With Sridhar and Pant, we three jointly decide on how to go about our wicketkeeping on a particular type of wicket,” he said, according to PTI.
“We always observe each other’s wicket-keeping. We work hard in our practice sessions and have a good understanding and co-ordination among ourselves. We always try to point out each other’s mistakes. It’s been going well so far,” he said.
In fact, during the net practice, Saha was seen standing behind Virat Kohli and minutely observing him.
“I was just trying to have a feel of the bounce off the wicket. So I stood behind Kohli. It definitely helps," he told PTI.
While his keeping has been rated as the best in world cricket, newly-elected BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had said about the need to improve his batting averages
“Whoever plays in the team wants to contribute. As a wicketkeeper, I look to get some time in the middle and if I get time I try to build a partnership and score a fifty or so. Everyone tries like that. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not,” Saha said.
Saha, however, pointed out that he has a century at the JSCA International Stadium when it had hosted the only Test match which drew against Australia in March 2017.
“I have a good memory of the last match. I made 117 in the last match. I remember how I approached the innings. I also remember the Steve Smith incident. If you see we drew it last time. We are 2-0 up in the series so this time we will try to make it 3-0 this time,” he concluded.
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