wriddhiman saha on rahul dravid: Rahul Dravid suggested that Wriddhiman Saha think about retirement; Wriddhiman Saha News: Wriddhiman Saha, furious after being out of the team, said – Rahul Dravid said take retirement, now there will be no selection in Team India

Kolkata: Veteran wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has been dropped from the Test team selected for the series against Sri Lanka (Wriddhiman Saha OUT From team India). The senior wicket-keeper of the Indian Test team on Saturday revealed that the team management led by head coach Rahul Dravid had asked him to consider retiring as he was no longer considered for selection. Will go On 8 February, Wriddhiman withdrew from the Ranji Trophy after he was told that he would not be selected in the Indian team.

An upset Wriddhiman told media persons on Saturday, ‘The team management told me that I will not be considered now. I couldn’t tell this till I was part of the Indian team. He told that even coach Rahul Dravid suggested that I think of retiring now. He gave information about his confidential conversation with the head coach.

Wriddhiman also took a jibe at BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, whom he claimed had assured him that he should not worry about his place in the team. Saha said- When I scored an unbeaten 61 in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur last November while taking painkillers, my grandmother (as Sourav is called by the Bengal players) congratulated me on WhatsApp.

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Saha said that he even said that I should not worry about the selection as long as he is at the top of the BCCI. This kind of message from the Board President had really boosted my confidence, but I failed to understand why everything changed so fast.

It is noteworthy that senior batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, fast bowler Ishant Sharma have also been left out from the Sri Lanka series. KS Bharat has been selected in the Test team as the second choice after Pant as a wicketkeeper.