Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 27 (ANI): Half-century by Wriddhiman Saha and fiery cameos by Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan, guided Gujarat Titans to a thrilling five-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday. The high-scoring match was settled in the last ball of the last over.

New Delhi Feb 25 PTI The BCCI might seek an explanation from veteran keeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha about his recent outburst targetting Board President Sourav Ganguly and head coach Rahul Dravid after being dropped from the Indian team as it feels he violated the protocols for centrally-contracted cricketers It is learnt that Saha who is group B of central contracts with an annual retainership of Rs 3 crore is in violation of clause 63 Player shall not make any comments about the game officials incidents that happened in the game use of technology selection matters or any other matter related to the game which is in opinion of the BCCI is adverse to and or not in the interest of the game team or BCCI in any media the clause states The specific comments that Saha made across media is on his selection and his private conversations with Dravid chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma and Ganguly Yes there is a possibility that BCCI could ask Wriddhiman as to how he spoke on selection matters being a centrally contracted cricketer BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal told PTI on Thursday The 37-year-old whose international career has all but ended after he was told by the team management that the focus is now on grooming a younger keeper has since also made public allegedly threatening whatsapp messages from a journalist without taking names While the BCCI supported Saha on messages from the unnamed journalist the parent body is apparently unhappy about him making a private conversation with Dravid public and also mentioning the BCCI president in a critical manner As far as the president is concerned he had tried to motivate him The board might like to know what made him go public with his dressing room conversations with coach Dravid Dhumal said So will BCCI serve a formal showcause notice or ask him verbally about the issue We havent yet decided on the matter We are all busy but a call will be taken on a few days he said Many in the BCCI believe that Saha should have refrained from making his conversations with Dravid public as it has dented his image a bit Rahul Dravid said that he is not hurt but wanted to clearly communicate with the player Its a private conversation and even if he was hurt he should have kept quiet Dravid became a bigger person as what Saha did was show the head coach in bad light a senior BCCI official said PTI KHS ATK PM PM

New Delhi Feb 24 PTI The BCCI in all likelihood will ask veteran keeper Wriddhiman Saha about his recent outburst after being dropped from the Indian team as it is in violation of protocols to be followed by a centrally contracted cricketer The annual central contracts that players sign Saha is in Group B with annual retainership of Rs 3 crore has a clause 63 which apparently he has violated The clause 63 of players central contract states Player shall not make any comments about the game officials incidents that happened in the game use of technology selection matters or any other matter related to the game which is in opinion of the BCCI is adverse to and or not in the interest of the game team or BCCI in any media The specific comments that Saha made across media is on his selection and his private conversations with head coach Rahul Dravid Chetan Sharma and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly The 37-year-old whose international career ended after he was told by the team management that they wanted to groom a younger keeper has since then come out in public domain putting out allegedly threatening whatsapp messages from a journalist without taking names While the BCCI had asked Saha to name the journalist the parent body is apparently unhappy about his comments where he has made a private conversation with Dravid public and also spoke about a message sent by the BCCI president Yes there is a possibility that BCCI could ask Wriddhiman as to how he spoke on selection matters being a centrally contracted cricketer Arun Dhumal told PTI As far as the president is concerned he had tried to motivate him The board might like to know what made him go public with his dressing room conversations with coach Dravid So will BCCI serve a formal showcause notice or ask him verbally about the issue We havent yet decided on the matter We are all busy but a call will be taken on a few days he said Many people in BCCI believe that Saha should have refrained from making his conversations with Dravid public as it has certainly dented his image a bit Rahul Dravid said that he is not hurt but wanted to clear communicate with the player Its a private conversation and even if he was hurt he should have kept quiet Dravid became a bigger person as what Saha did was show the head coach in bad light a senior BCCI official said PTI KHS KHS ATK ATK

Mumbai Feb 21 PTI The BCCI will ask out-of-favour senior keeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha about the context of his tweet which alleged that a journalist had threatened him for not agreeing to give an interview Saha 37 who has been dropped from Indian team had taken to Twitter to allege that one respected journalist took an aggressive tone after his refusal to grant him an interview After his tweet former head coach Ravi Shastri and former stars like Virender Sehwag Harbhajan Sigh came out in his support and asked him to reveal the name of the journalist Yes we will ask Wriddhiman about his tweet and what is the real incident that has happened We need to know if he was threatened and also the background and context of his tweet I cant say anything more The secretary Jay Shah will certainly speak to Wriddhiman BCCI Treasurer Arun Dhumal told PTI on Monday Saha who has played 40 Tests for the country was told by head coach Rahul Dravid after the tour of South Africa that the team would moving on from him and he could take a decision on his career Saha had revealed the dressing room conversations with Dravid but the head coach said that he was not hurt as he respects the cricketer and just wanted to give him a clear picture on his position with honesty and clarity Saha had also claimed that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had texted him to assure that he would never be dropped from the team till he was at the helm of affairs PTI KHS PM PM

Kolkata Feb 19 PTI Veteran wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha who has been dropped from the Indian Test team on Saturday revealed that the team management headed by head coach Rahul Dravid had told him to think about retirement as he wont be considered for selection henceforth It was reported by PTI on February 8 that Wriddhiman has pulled out of Ranji Trophy as he has been told that he wont be selected in Indian team The team management had told me that I would not be considered henceforth I could not tell this so long as I was part of the India team setup an explosive Wriddhiman told mediapersons on Saturday Even coach Rahul Dravid suggested that I think about taking retirement he spilled the beans on classified conversations with head coach Wriddhiman also hit out at BCCI president Sourav Ganguly whom he claimed had assured him that he shouldnt worry about his place in the team When I hit an unbeaten 61 taking a pain-killer in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur last November Dadi as Sourav was referred to by Bengal players congratulated me over Whatsapp He even mentioned that I should not worry about anything so long as he is at the helm of the BCCI Such a message from the board president really boosted my confidence But I failed to understand why everything changed so fast he added PTI KHS KHS ATK ATK

Kanpur Nov 28 PTI Debutant Shreyas Iyer hit a patient half-century to rescue India to 167 for seven in their second innings at tea on the fourth day of the opening Test against New Zealand here on Sunday Resuming at the overnight score of 14 for one India lost four wickets for the addition of 70 runs in the morning session before Iyer and Wriddhiman Saha joined hands to stitch crucial 83 runs for the seventh wicket and extend Indias lead to 216 First innings centurion Iyer 65 got out just before tea but Saha was not out on 22 at the break For New Zealand Tim Southee 348 and Kyle Jamieson 326 picked up three wickets each Brief Scores India 1st Innings 345 New Zealand 1st Innings 269 India 2nd innings 167 for 7 in 602 overs Shreyas Iyer 65 Ravichandran Ashwin 32 Wriddhiman Saha 22 not out Kyle Jamieson 326 Tim Southee 348 PTI SSC SSC ATK ATK

Kolkata Oct 18 PTI Indias Test specialist Wriddhiman Saha bolstered Bengals T20 squad with his presence even as selectors overlooked seasoned Shreevats Goswami for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 group league games in Guwahati starting October 27 If Goswamis axing despite being one of the highest all-time run-getters in the history of the tournament 1823 runs in 65 games was a big surprise even more baffling was left-handed red-ball specialist Sudip Chatterjee being named captain of the sideOver the years Goswami has been one of Bengals best performers in the shortest format while Chatterjee has played just 20 T20 games for Bengal and has only hit three sixes in his entire career and is considered as a defensive batter Goswamis exclusion is more surprising considering he was one among the few players from Bengal whom an IPL franchise had found worthy enough for a contract For the record it must be mentioned that the former U-19 World Cup winning India keeper is completely fit and was available for selection In his place rookie keeper Shakir Habib Gandhi has been selected for some quickfire knocks in the Bengal T20 Challenge Squad Sudip Chatterjee captain Wriddhiman Saha wk Abhimanyu Easwaran Abhishek Das Kaif Ahmed Ritwik Roy Chowdury Ranjot Singh Khaira Shakit Habib Gandhi wk Suvankar Bal Karan Lal Shahbaz Ahmed Writtick Chatterjee Pradipta Pramanick Sujit Kumar Yadav Ishan Porel Mukesh Sharma Akash Deep Alok Pratap Singh Mohammed Kaif Sayan Ghosh Chief Coach Arun Lal Coach Sourasish Lahiri PTI KHS KHS ATK ATK