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‘He tampered my chats’, Boria Majumdar Accuses Wriddhiman Saha

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Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who has alleged that he was intimidated by a journalist for not giving an interview, on Saturday said he has revealed all the details to a BCCI committee probing the matter.

A three-member committee met Saha here on Saturday to probe into the 37-year-old’s allegations against the unnamed journalist. ”I have told the committee everything I know. I have shared all the details with them. I can’t tell you much right now. BCCI has asked me not to talk about the meeting outside as they will answer all your queries,” Saha told reporters after appearing before the committee.

However in the evening, Indian journalist Boria Majumdar in a Twitter video identified himself as the one accused by Saha. Boria goes on to accuse the senior India wicketkeeper of tampering the WhatsApp chats that he had made posted after not being picked for the Tests against Sri Lanka.

“There are always two sides to the story. @Wriddhipops has modified and tampered with screenshots of my WhatsApp chat that undermine my reputation and credibility. I asked @BCCI for a fair hearing. My lawyer has notified @Wriddhipops of defamation. The truth wins, “Majumudar tweeted.

https://twitter.com/BoriaMajumdar/status/1500155131458818051?s=20&t=NQ1CyUPfLeVgCHh13kvY4w

“I’m filing a defamation case on Wriddhiman Saha. He has doctored, tampered and manipulated screenshots. Earlier today, I have sent the BCCI all the details and I have emailed everybody in the BCCI the entire sequence of events. I have also tweeted my side of the story,”  Boria Majumdar said.

Earlier, on February 19 Wriddhiman Saha posted a screenshot with the caption reading: “After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so called “Respected” journalist! This is where the journalism has gone.”

Wriddhiman Saha shared a screenshot showing a journalist threatening him

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India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha on Saturday night shared a screenshot of threatening messages he received from a journalist. In the screenshot of the chat shared by Saha, the journalist can be seen threatening the Indian cricketer.

This incident was happened after Saha was dropped from the Indian team for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka.  On Saturday night Saha shared the screenshot of the messages he received from the journalist. “After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so called “Respected” journalist! This is where the journalism has gone,” Saha tweeted. Wriddhiman Saha has received support from many players after he shared the screenshot.

Virender Sehwag was among the first to come out in support of Saha, Sehwag said, “Extremely sad. Such sense of entitlement, neither is he respected nor a journalist, just chamchagiri. With you Wriddhi.”

Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri also has reacted to the contrtweeted. “Shocking a player being threatened by a journo. Blatant position abuse. Something that’s happening too frequently with #TeamIndia. Time for the BCCI PREZ to dive in. Find out who the person is in the interest of every cricketer. This is serious coming from ultimate team man WS,” Shastri tweeted.

Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh and ex-pacer RP Singh have also lashed out at the journalist after Saha shared the ‘threat’ messages. Harbhajan has urged the BCCI to protect Indian players in the aftermath of the controversy. 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India is calling for a “thorough investigation” on the matter to find out the culprit. “Saha is a contracted cricketer of the BCCI. The onus is on the Board to not let its own player down. That aside, if there is any kind of a nexus at work here, one has to look into it,” say officials tracking these developments. BCCI is also keen to know if any other cricketer has gone through such a crisis.

Wriddhiman Saha opts out of Bengal’s Ranji campaign

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Senior wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has opted out of Bengal’s Ranji Trophy 2022 edition. Saha has decided to withdraw himself from Bengal’s Ranji Trophy squad after he will not be picked for India’s two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, starting in Mohali on March 4.

The inclusion of senior wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha not picked for the Sri Lanka Test as Rishabh Pant has been considered as a future leader of the team. Also, KS Bharat displayed great glove work in the Kanpur Test against New Zealand, that’s why the wicket-keeper batsman not considered as a new backup option alongside Pant in India’s upcoming red-ball matches.

“Wriddhiman has been categorically told by influential people in the team management that they want to move on and create some new back-ups alongside Rishabh Pant,” a senior BCCI source said

“He was explained that he won’t be picked for the Sri Lanka Tests as it’s time that Kona gets his share of exposure with the senior team. May be that’s the reason, Wriddhiman had informed Cricket Association of Bengal president Abhishek Dalmiya and joint secretary Snehasish Ganguly that he would not play Ranji Trophy this season for ‘personal reasons. That’s why the selectors didn’t pick him as he was unavailable for selection,” the source added.

Saha has played 40 Tests and scored 1353 runs with three hundreds and an average of less than 30 which became his undoing. He however had 104 dismissals behind stumps, 92 catches and 12 stumpings.