Never-ending Saha
Wriddhiman’s journey comes full circle to be understudy again
Kolkata, May 22: It’s a circle of life that has put Wriddhiman Saha in the same position that he was a decade back when he came to England in 2011 as skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s understudy.
The script was repeated in 2014 with Saha seen dutifully carrying the bats, towels and drinks for his teammates and in
2021, he is again expected to watch Rishabh Pant’s pyrotechnics from the dressing room, something that has solely missed from his style of batsmanship despite being decent at his craft.
“Obviously, there would be criticism when you don’t do well. I always try to deliver the way I’ve learnt over the years,” Saha said ahead of joining the team’s bio-bubble in Mumbai on Monday.
Despite being steady with the bat, somehow Saha’s willow wielding hasn’t exactly inspired the highest confidence.
“If people are saying my batting is not up there, maybe that’s the case... But, I don’t think I need to change anything — mental approach or technique. I just try to keep my focus and work hard,” he said.
IPL BUBBLE NOT FOOLPROOF: SAHA
Saha has indicated that the bio-bubble for IPL-14 was not as foolproof as the one in UAE last year, becoming the first India player to publicly question the tightness of the controlled environment.
“It’s the job of the stakeholders to assess it, but the only thing I would say is that there was not a single individual during our training in UAE, not even a ground staff. Here there would be people, kids peeping from nearby walls. I don’t want to comment much but we saw how the IPL went off smoothly in UAE,” Saha said. —