Wriddhiman Saha found support from his former teammates, and cricket followers after he posted a screenshot of a stream of text messages he received from a journalist.
The Bengal keeper who was recently dropped from the India Test side, took to social media to reveal a set of messages that he had received.
His tweet read: “After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so called “Respected” journalist! This is where the journalism has gone.”
After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so called “Respected” journalist! This is where the journalism has gone. pic.twitter.com/woVyq1sOZX
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) February 19, 2022
The tweet included a screenshot of a one-sided stream of messages, allegedly sent by a journalist.
They read, “Do an interview with me”, “will be good”, “If you want to be democratic I won’t push”, “They choose one wicketkeeper. Whoever is the best. You try to choose 11 journalists which is not the best according to me. Choose whoever can help the most”, “You did not call. Never again will I interview you. I don’t take insults kindly. And I will remember this”, and “This wasn’t something ypu (sic) should have done.”
Soon after Saha had shared these messages there was an outpour of support from his former team-mates and ex-cricketers. All of them backed the keeper, with some asking him to call out the journalist.
Name him, buddy. Sorry state of affairs…cricket community wouldn’t bat an eyelid before boycotting this ‘so called’ journalist for good. https://t.co/h72gw6l35f
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 20, 2022
When it is about BCCI or cricketers, we hear so many ‘sources’ from all the journalists. Can a single source tell me who this so called journalist is who has threatened Saha? #cricketwitter https://t.co/C9PRjcaNES
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) February 20, 2022
Wridhi you just name the person so that the cricket community knows who operates like this. Else even the good ones will be put under suspicion.. What kind of journalism is this ? @BCCI @Wriddhipops @JayShah @SGanguly99 @ThakurArunS players should be protected https://t.co/sIkqtIHsvt
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 20, 2022
Extremely sad. Such sense of entitlement, neither is he respected nor a journalist, just chamchagiri.
With you Wriddhi. https://t.co/A4z47oFtlD— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 20, 2022
A number of journalists also took to twitter to show their support for Saha and slam such conduct.
Terrible https://t.co/ta5cPWW8Sq
— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter) February 19, 2022
This is horrible. So sorry you had to go through this, Wriddhiman. Can only hope you see that this doesn't represent all of us. https://t.co/eDfuvkTAXS
— Lavanya 🎙️🎥👩🏻💻 (@lav_narayanan) February 19, 2022
another one for the Journalism How-Not-To folder https://t.co/1cbpBRuu2G
— Rick Eyre (@rickeyrecricket.com on Bluesky) (@rickeyrecricket) February 19, 2022
Name the person Wriddhiman. Indian cricket can do with a whistleblower if not more. These nexuses need to be broken. You will have the gratitude of us fans. https://t.co/qjI3jyhhPC
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) February 20, 2022
I still take pride in the profession I am in @Wriddhipops, but this is the dark side of it. I wish no one has to go through such an experience. But journalism has not gone to the dogs. https://t.co/CH4uPKyrcT
— Rica Roy (@cheerica) February 19, 2022
What @Wriddhipops has done or how he dealt with it is a lesson to all cricketers/athletes. Never fall prey to such self-proclaimed crusaders, claiming to get you in teams or get contracts. Performance only can make things happen in sport. BTW who’s this ‘respected’ journo? #Saha https://t.co/IH5mdu1LRC
— Rahul Rawat (@rawatrahul9) February 20, 2022
Shameful. You deserve better! https://t.co/mA8M848agO
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) February 20, 2022
