Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Shaktiraj Singh
Updated Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:40 AM IST
Summary
Saha has said that till now no one has asked him to reveal the name. If BCCI asks him the name of the journalist, he will say that his aim was not to end someone’s career.
Saha does not want to name the journalist who made the threat.
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Indian wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha has said that if BCCI asks him about the journalist who has threatened him, he will not reveal the name. Saha says that he does not want to end anyone’s career. For this reason, he has not revealed the name of the journalist till now. After being dropped from India’s Test team, a journalist had asked Saha for an interview and had threatened to never interview him if he did not get a reply.
Saha shared the screenshot of the chat with the journalist on Twitter. After this many former players supported him. After this there were reports that the BCCI would investigate the matter. Now Saha has said that he will not reveal the name of the journalist.
What is the whole matter?
The Indian team was announced for the T20 and Test series against Sri Lanka on 19 February. Senior players like Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha were not included in the Test team. After this a journalist messaged Saha and demanded an interview. Saha did not reply to this.
The journalist wrote, “Do an interview with me, that would be great. If you want to be democratic, I won’t pressurize you. They pick one wicketkeeper, who is the best. You try to pick 11 journalists, who are my friends.” is not appropriate. Choose the one who can help you the most.”
When he did not get a reply, the journalist called him on WhatsApp, but Saha did not receive the call. After this the journalist wrote, “You didn’t talk to me, I will never interview you again. I don’t accept humiliation easily and I’ll remember it. You shouldn’t have done that.” Sharing the screenshots of the entire conversation on his Twitter account, Saha informed everyone about the incident.
Senior players supported
After this matter came to light, many veteran players including Harbhajan Singh to Virender Sehwag came in support of Saha. Ravi Shastri demanded an inquiry from the BCCI. He said that BCCI President Sourav Ganguly should intervene in this matter. According to the Times of India, the BCCI has also decided to investigate the matter. Saha was asked to name the journalist who had threatened him. The BCCI wants to investigate the whole matter and if this has happened to any player other than Saha, then it will be investigated.
Saha does not want to reveal the name of the journalist
In a conversation with The Indian Express, Saha has said that till now no official from the BCCI side has spoken to him. If he is asked to reveal the name of the journalist, he will say that he never intended to end someone’s career. For this reason, he did not reveal the name in his tweet. My parents haven’t taught me this. My aim was that everyone should know that the media is doing such a thing. He further said that the purpose of his tweet was that players should not face such things in future.