India wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha shared that he never felt left out of the Test squad during his rehabbing days after getting a shoulder injury.

“Of course when you are out of the side, it’s always difficult to return to limelight. But I always stayed positive during my rehab. I never thought about what would happen next. I just concentrated on my rehab and training,” he told The Indian Express. “In fact, I never felt like I was left out. When I returned to domestic cricket and played the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Bengal earlier this year, it felt like I straightaway got into the groove.”

He further added that he didn’t expect to return to the side so soon as Rishabh Pant had performed well during Australia series.

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“It (conversation with team management on me playing) wasn’t required. Rishabh was playing. He performed well in Australia. So it was quite natural that he would play. The West Indies was India’s first Test assignment after the Australia tour. And Rishabh was an automatic choice,” said the wicketkeeper batsman.

Wriddhiman Saha, however, is now preparing for the challenge to play in the upcoming Day-Night Test in Kolkata, which will be the first time ever for both India and Bangladesh to play a Test match under floodlights. Saha says that picking the ball under lights will be tough especially after the ball gets old.

“Under lights the ball will move and all our fast bowlers clock 140kph or more. When I played the CAB Super League final, picking the pink ball under lights was a tad difficult after it got old. You can’t eliminate the problem in two days’ practice. You have to adapt during the game,” he concluded.