Wriddhiman Saha fell cheaply on day 2 of the first Test in Kanpur. India at lunch are 339/8 having resumed at 254/4. Shreyas Iyer made his way through to a maiden Test ton, s Tim Southee picked all the four wickets to fall in the first session. Saha was chosen over Srikar Bharat in the first Test.
Wriddhiman Saha’s returns with the bat since 2017 have been astounding low. in 14 innings, he has scored 156 runs with an average less than 15 with a best of 29. He has not hit a fifty in Test cricket since April 2017.
Rishabh Pant has been favour over Saha in the recent past. It is Saha who is a better keeper than Pant as per cricket experts but Pant has batter stats with the bat which is why he has pipped the Bengal keeper in Test cricket since his debut.
In this series, however, Pant was rested due to workload management and thus Saha was chosen over Srikar Bharat, the second keeper in the XI.
— Cricsphere (@Cricsphere) November 26, 2021
The Twitterverse has lashed out at the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman for his consistent failures with the bat since the last few years. They have even demanded his retirement and requested the Indian team management to give Bharat his deserved chance in the next Test.
Twitter Demands Wriddhiman Saha’s Replacement
Wridhimann Saha is still the best test keeper in the world if wicket keeping is seen as a specialist job#saha#INDvsNZ
— Muhilan (@notjustcric) November 26, 2021
Thank You Wriddhiman Saha
Make Saha wicketkeeping coach.— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) November 26, 2021
That’s why wanted Pant, Saha low in confidence
— mohsinali (@mohsinaliisb) November 26, 2021
Time for India to move away from Saha even as a backup keeper, he is the best "Wicket-keeper" but time to give that backup option to KS Bharat or someone to groom from the Sri Lanka Test series.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 26, 2021
So far, I haven't seen anyone say Saha shouldn't play because he is 36. Sanity prevails.
— Prithvi (@Puneite_) November 25, 2021
#saha pic.twitter.com/p9EEwBGAjX
— Cricket 🏏 memes 😁 (@Lakshay48215862) November 26, 2021
Why is W saha still in the team ? #indvs
— Name cannot be blank (@infinity9191) November 26, 2021
Throw out that Saha from team and play with KS Bharat .
— Sowmya (@SowmyaVirat18) November 26, 2021
Tim Southee meanwhile has been the best Kiwi bowler on the second morning. He has extracted whatever help the pitch has offered. He moved the ball both inside and away and mixed his clever change-ups as well. The dismissals of Ravindra Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer are prominent examples of the same. Southee ended with figures of 5/69 his 13th fifer in Test cricket.
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