The veteran Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Wriddhiman Saha reckons that Rishabh Pant has done remarkably well in the longest format of the game in 2021 and he deserves to be the team’s first-choice wicketkeeper in the English tour. Saha has played 38 Tests and has managed to score three centuries and five fifties. For years, Saha has alwasy been known for his impeccable wicket-keeping skills. However, his batting skills have not accompanied his keeping capabilities.
Saha was initially preferred over Pant in the 1st Test on the Australia tour, the veteran was dropped after Adelaide’s pink-ball Test with Pant playing the remianing games. Talking about Pant as per the quotes in Sportskeedam Wriddhiman Saha said, “Rishabh Pant played the last few matches of the World Test Championship, he’s done well and he should be our first-choice keeper in England. I would just wait, and if any opportunity arises, I will give my best.”
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Wriddhiman Saha further said that he remains in the same positive mind frame whether he is gets the opportunity to perform or not.
Describing the same, Wriddhimnan Saha said, “Whether I am performing or no, I don’t see any change in myself, no idea if others around me spot anything different. We can only try to perform sometimes it clicks, sometimes it doesn’t and the management takes the call based on all these parameters. I always try to improve, but yes, there is a huge gulf between a practice session and a professional match. It ultimately boils down to who delivers on the bigger stage.”
When asked about KS Bharat being included in he squad as his cover, Wriddhiman Sahaa replied that Bharat had been picked as a third keeper bearing in mind the risk outside.
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Saha explained, “As we saw, anybody can get the infection from anywhere and two keepers are anyway a must these days. So if one keeper falls sick by any chance, then we will be in a spot of bother. I think that’s the reason why they have decided to travel with the three of us.”
