India’s finest wicketkeeper now in race to become Bengal’s U-23 coach

“The CAB brass will be zeroing in on all the candidates for various teams by next week. Obviously, Wriddhi has been sounded out and a final decision will be taken next week. Apart from Sourav Ganguly and Pankaj Roy, he is the biggest name from Bengal with 40 Tests,” a senior CAB source told PTI on the condition of anonymity.

“His experience of playing top level cricket for so long will only help the Gen-Next of Bengal cricket. Wriddhi already runs a chain of coaching centres and he has been a very hands on coach for juniors. He is passionate about coaching. Hopefully, he will be ready,” the source said.

Though there is not a lot of priority in Bengal cricket regarding players being named in the coaching system immediately after retirement, Saha’s case is different as he has had a great stature in state cricket.

A lot of people in the Bengal circuit believe that Wriddhiman Saha is set to become a great coach. His experience with the U-23 squad might come in handy if he joins any Indian Premier League (IPL) team in near future, or even as a specialist coach at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.