BCCI may ask Wriddhiman Saha to explain breach of contract clause with comments on president Sourav Ganguly, head coach Rahul Dr

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                      The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) might seek an explanation from wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha about his recent outburst targetting BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and head coach Rahul Dravid after being dropped from the Indian team as it feels he violated the protocols for centrally-contracted cricketers. It is learnt that Saha, who is group ‘B’ of central contracts with an annual retainership of Rs 3 crore, is in violation of clause 6.3.

                      “Player shall not make any comments about the game, officials, incidents that happened in the game, use of technology, selection matters or any other matter related to the game which is in opinion of the BCCI is adverse to and /or not in the interest of the game, team or BCCI in any media...,” the clause states.The 37-year-old, whose international career has all but ended after he was told by the team management that the focus is now on grooming a younger keeper, has since also made public allegedly ‘threatening’ Whatsapp messages from a journalist without taking names.

                       Many in the BCCI believe that Saha should have refrained from making his conversations with Dravid public as it has dented his image a bit. “Rahul Dravid said that he is not hurt but wanted to clearly communicate with the player. It's a private conversation and even if he was hurt, he should have kept quiet. Dravid became a bigger person as what Saha did was show the head coach in bad light,” a senior BCCI official said.