Former India opener Virender Sehwag has reacted to wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha’s tweet of slamming an unnamed ‘respected journalist.’
Saha’s tweet came after he was excluded from the squad for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in March alongside Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma.
Sharing a screenshot of disturbing messages he received from the unnamed journalist shortly after not finding a spot in the Test squad, Saha wrote on Twitter, “After all of my contributions to Indian cricket…this is what I face from a so-called ‘Respected’ journalist! This is where journalism has gone.”
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. pic.twitter.com/woVyq1sOZX
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) February 19, 2022
Reacting to Saha’s post on Twitter going viral, Sehwag quote-tweeted and wrote on Sunday, “Extremely sad. Such a sense of entitlement, neither is he respected nor a journalist, just chamchagiri. With you Wriddhi.”
Extremely sad. Such sense of entitlement, neither is he respected nor a journalist, just chamchagiri.
With you Wriddhi. https://t.co/A4z47oFtlD— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 20, 2022
On Saturday, during a virtual press conference, chief selector Chetan Sharma explained why Saha was not in the Test squad.
“I can’t tell you on what grounds he has been dropped. That is for the selectors only. All I can tell you is that he was told before and was asked to play the Ranji Trophy, which is the ladder for playing international cricket. What we discussed between ourselves [committee members], we can’t tell you that.”
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