Wriddhiman Saha, the veteran keeper may be asked by BCCI in all likelihood 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 specific comments that Wriddhiman Saha made across media are on his selection and his private conversations with head coach Rahul Dravid, Chetan Sharma, and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.
Wriddhiman Saha Has Apparently Violated Clause Of Central Contract
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 the public domain, putting out allegedly “threatening” WhatsApp messages from a journalist without taking names.
The annual central contracts that players sign (Wriddhiman Saha is in Group B with annual retainership of Rs 3 crore) has a clause 6.3, which apparently he has violated.
Clause 6.3 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 the opinion of the BCCI is adverse to and /or not in the interest of the game, team or BCCI in any media….”
While the BCCI had asked Wriddhiman Saha to name the journalist, the parent body is apparently unhappy about his comments where he has made a private conversation with Rahul 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 said.
“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 haven’t yet decided on the matter. We are all busy but a call will be taken on a few days,” he said.
Wriddhiman Saha said that when he had hit an unbeaten 61 taking a pain-killer in the first Test against New Zealand, last November, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly congratulated him over WhatsApp, and even mentioned that he should not worry about anything so long as he is at the helm of the BCCI.
Wriddhiman Saha Should Have Refrained From Making Conversations With Rahul Dravid Public Which Showed The Coach In A Bad Light: BCCI Official
Many people in BCCI believe that Wriddhiman Saha should have refrained from making his conversations with Rahul 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. It’s 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.
The 37-year-old Wriddhiman Saha, who has featured in 40 Tests over the 12 years for India, recently revealed that he was indirectly told to consider retirement if he wanted while adding that head coach Rahul Dravid had told him during the tour of South Africa that he shouldn’t be surprised if he finds his name missing from the Test squad for the Sri Lanka Test series, starting March 4 which eventually came out true.
Wriddhiman Saha last played for India in the 2-Test series against New Zealand last year and hit a fighting fifty in the series opener despite being injured as he batted taking a pain-killer.