“Time for the BCCI PREZ to dive in”: Ravi Shastri asserts his stand before Sourav Ganguly over Wriddhiman Saha’s WhatsApp chat disclosure with a journalist

Gurpreet Singh | 20/02/2022
"Time for the BCCI PREZ to dive in": Ravi Shastri asserts his stand before Sourav Ganguly over Wriddhiman Saha's WhatsApp chat disclosure with a journalist

Ravi Shastri asserts his stand before Sourav Ganguly asking the latter to address Saha’s WhatsApp chat revelation with a journalist.

It has barely been 24 hours since India’s senior wicketkeeper- batter Wriddhiman Saha revealed a one-sided WhatsApp chat with a ‘respected’ journalist, post his selection snub for the imminent home Test series against Sri Lanka.

With the messages reflective of perceived threat and disrespect to Saha, several fans and former cricketers including the likes of Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha have expressed their anger on the same while requesting the Bengal wicketkeeper to disclose the identity of the journalist.

Now, taking cognizance of the seriousness of the power abuse on the part of the journalist in question, former India batter and head coach Ravi Shastri has also jumped in to address the same via his social media handle.

Ravi Shastri asserts his stand before Sourav Ganguly

Shastri, while expressing his shock at the threatening messages sent by the journalist, took to his social media handle to state that it is high time that the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly dives into the matter, as the ‘blatant position abuse’ has been happening too frequently with the Indian Cricket team.

He further exclaimed that Ganguly should find out the person who has an interest in every Cricketer, while hailing the 37-year-old keeper as the ultimate team man.

It is noteworthy at the same time, that Saha had also expressed his disappointment on Ganguly during an interaction with a reputed Daily, a few hours before he furnished the WhatsApp chat details.

As per the veteran wicketkeeper, following his half-century knock against New Zealand during the Kanpur Test in November 2021, the BCCI President had assured him a spot in the Test squad as long as he is at the board’s helm of affairs.

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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