Wriddhiman again for Bengal’s Ranji QF vs Jharkhand, Shami’s participation topic to BCCI’s clearance

Three months after refusing to play for Bengal after his India profession ended, veteran stumper Wriddhiman Saha has agreed to play for Bengal within the all-important Ranji Trophy quarter-final towards Jharkhand in Bengaluru from June 6.

The CAB additionally named speedster Mohammed Shami within the squad though his participation will rely upon clearance from the BCCi and head coach Rahul Dravid taking his workload administration into consideration.

However it was 37-year-old Saha whose comeback headlined the Bengal squad after he had refused to play purple ball cricket citing “personal reasons”.

It was apparent that he was dejected after being informed that he gained’t be chosen for India once more.

Saha has been in scintillating type within the IPL scoring 281 runs from eight matches with a strike fee of 123.24 with three scores of fifty plus.

The Abhimanyu Easwaran led squad additionally included Shami’s youthful brother Mohammed Kaif and left-arm spinner Ankit Mishra, who bowled effectively on the U-25 degree. He is the third left-arm spinner after Shahbaz Ahmed and Pradipta Pramanik.

Veteran medium pacer Nilkantha Das has additionally been included and even opener Sudip Gharami, regardless of a season of non-performance has made it to the squad.

Junior state Sports Minister Manoj Tiwary can also be part of the squad.

Squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Manoj Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohammed Shami, Anustup Majumdar, Sudip Chatterjee, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abhishek Raman, Writtick Chatterjee, Sayan Sekhar Mondal, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Ishan Porel, Koushik Ghosh, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Pradipta Pramanik, Karan Lal, Nilkantha Das, Sudip Gharami, Abhishek Porel, Mohammed Kaif and Ankit Mishra.