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IND vs NZ 2021, 1st Test: “Thank You Wriddhiman Saha”-Twitter Asks Him To Retire After He Falls Cheaply In Kanpur

Wriddhiman Saha-Srikar Bharat

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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.

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

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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