BCCI will investigate Saha quote and tweet; wants action to be taken against those found guilty

Wriddhiman Saha and pained at a tweet posted by him sharing a screenshot of a series of 'insulting' WhatsApp messages the cricketer received from a journalist, the BCCI is calling for a "thorough investigation". Well-placed individuals in the know told TOI that "the matter cannot be put to rest until every single detail of what Saha has said in the interview and the tweet he shared is looked into".

The BCCI intends to delve deep into the crisis and also find out if any other cricketer has gone through a similar experience. "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. In his interview to ESPNCricinfo on Sunday, after he was dropped from the side, Saha said: "The biggest shock was that when I scored 61 against New Zealand in Kanpur despite being injured, Dadi (as BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is referred to), texted to congratulate me and said I didn't need to worry about anything till he is there. Naturally, I was shocked at what I was told immediately one series after."

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India's head coach Rahul Dravid is not at all "hurt" that veteran keeper Wriddhiman Saha has revealed a very classified conversation that he had on his future but at the same time wanted to give the Bengal stumper clarity about his position in the team.

The question BCCI officials are asking right now is 'in what capacity did Ganguly give Saha any assurances on selection?' "The Rahul Dravid-bit is understandable. He's the national coach and may have wanted to