Wriddhiman in Bengal squad for Mushtaq T20s, senior participant Goswami surprisingly ignored

India’s Test specialist Wriddhiman Saha bolstered Bengal’s T20 squad along with his presence at the same time as selectors neglected seasoned Shreevats Goswami for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 group league video games in Guwahati beginning October 27.
If Goswami’s axing regardless of being one of many highest all-time run-getters within the historical past of the match (1823 runs in 65 video games) was a giant shock, much more baffling was left-handed red-ball specialist Sudip Chatterjee being named captain of the facet.
Over the years, Goswami has been considered one of Bengal’s finest performers within the shortest format, whereas Chatterjee has performed simply 20 T20 video games for Bengal and has solely hit three sixes in his complete profession and is taken into account as a defensive batter.
Goswami’s exclusion is extra stunning contemplating he was one among the many few gamers from Bengal whom an IPL franchise had discovered worthy sufficient for a contract.
For the document, it should be talked about that the previous U-19 World Cup successful India keeper is totally match and was accessible for choice.
In his place rookie keeper, Shakir Habib Gandhi has been chosen for some quickfire knocks within the Bengal T20 Challenge.
Squad: Sudip Chatterjee (captain), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Abhishek Das, Kaif Ahmed, Ritwik Roy Chowdury, Ranjot Singh Khaira, Shakit Habib Gandhi (wk), Suvankar Bal, Karan Lal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee, Pradipta Pramanick, Sujit Kumar Yadav, Ishan Porel, Mukesh Sharma, Akash Deep, Alok Pratap Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Sayan Ghosh.
Chief Coach: Arun Lal, Coach: Sourasish Lahiri.