Wriddhiman Saha deposes earlier than committee, discuss present host Majumdar says screenshots doctored

On a day Wriddhiman Saha deposed earlier than the BCCI-appointed three-member committee and stated he had advised them ‘everything’ in regards to the id of the unnamed particular person, who had allegedly “bullied” the wicketkeeper-batsman for an interview, discuss present host Boria Majumdar, too, despatched a chronological assertion to the cricket board. In it, Majumdar accused the cricketer of “doctoring” the screenshots of the WhatsApp messages.

Saha made his deposition earlier than the committee comprising the cricket board’s vice-president Rajiv Shukla, treasurer Arun Dhumal and the BCCI Apex Council member Prabhtej Singh Bhatia.

After testifying earlier than the probe committee, Saha advised reporters, “I have told the committee everything I know. I have shared all the details with them. I can’t tell you much right now. BCCI has asked me not to talk about the meeting outside as they will answer all your queries.” The Indian Express learnt that Saha had named Mujumdar, who hosts a present ‘backstage with Boria’.

When contacted Majumdar he advised this paper that he would file a defamation go well with towards Saha. “I’m filing a defamation case on Wriddhiman Saha. He has doctored, tampered and manipulated screenshots. Earlier today, I have sent the BCCI all the details and I have emailed everybody in the BCCI the entire sequence of events. I have also tweeted my side of the story,” Majumdar stated. The BCCI constituted the committee final week “to look into the matter of Wriddhiman Saha receiving threats and intimidation from a senior journalist”.

The 37-year-old wicketkeeper posted a tweet on February 19. “After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so-called “Respected” journalist! This is the place the journalism has gone.”

After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..that is what I face from a so known as “Respected” journalist! This is the place the journalism has gone. pic.twitter.com/woVyq1sOZX

— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) February 19, 2022

Saha then shared screenshots of messages from the journalist which learn: “You did not call. Never again will I interview you. I don’t take insults kindly. And I will remember this.”

Numerous former cricketers, together with ex-Indian workforce head coach Ravi Shastri, sympathised with Saha, however the latter refused to call the journalist in public.

Majumdar narrated his model of the sequence of occasions. “I have not even spoken to the man on the 19th (February). My call records and his call records can be checked. I had last spoken to him on the 13th when I called to congratulate him for his Rs 1.9 crore deal with the Gujarat Titans and that was when I requested him for an interview. He said once he goes home, he would talk to me at 8 pm and asked me to send him a Zoom link. After that I waited for two-and-a-half hours.”

In his assertion to the BCCI, the Majumdar has claimed that Saha’s supervisor visited his residence on February 1 and arrange “two interviews as a brand building exercise”. On February 10, forward of the IPL mega public sale, Majumdar had despatched some texts to the participant through WhatsApp.

There are all the time two sides to a narrative. @Wriddhipops has doctored, tampered screenshots of my WhatsApp chats which have broken my popularity and credibility. I’ve requested the @BCCI for a good listening to. My legal professionals are serving @Wriddhipops a defamation discover. Let reality prevail. pic.twitter.com/XBsiFVpskl

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) March 5, 2022

A collection of texts was despatched on February 13 additionally after Saha was roped in by Gujarat Titans on the second day of the public sale. The journalist’s assertion gave particulars of his WhatsApp texts to Saha, claiming that the latter had “confirmed an interview over Zoom”. As per the assertion, the context of the texts was “the disappointment over failure of Mr. Saha to comply with his professional commitment and hence was an expression of dismay by Mr. Majumdar”. Majumdar has denied any threats or hostile motion.

Saha went unsold on Day One of the public sale earlier than getting his IPL contract the next day. Before that, he was omitted of the Indian workforce for the two-Test collection towards Sri Lanka.