India’s Test specialist Wriddhiman Saha bolstered Bengal’s T20 side with his presence while the selectors overlooked veteran Shreevats Goswami for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 group league games starting in Guwahati on October 27.
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If Goswami’s ax (1823 runs in 65 matches) was a big surprise despite being one of the highest run-scorers in the history of the tournament, what was even more shocking was that of left-arm red ball specialist Sudip Chatterjee. was made captain. Party.
Over the years, Goswami has been one of Bengal’s best performers in the shortest format, while Chatterjee has played just 20 T20Is for Bengal and hit only three sixes in his entire career and is considered a defensive batsman. Is.
Goswami’s exclusion is all the more surprising as he was one of the few players from Bengal who were found fit enough for a contract by the IPL franchise.
For the record, it should be mentioned that the former Under-19 World Cup winning India keeper is fully fit and was available for selection.
In his place, the rookie, Shakir Habib Gandhi has been picked for some quick innings in the Bengal T20 Challenge.
Bengal Squad: Sudip Chatterjee (capt), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Abhishek Das, Kaif Ahmed, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Ranjot Singh Khaira, Shakit Habib Gandhi (wk), Suwankar Bal, Karan Lal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Hrithik Chatterjee, Pradeep Pramanik , Sujit Kumar Yadav, Ishan Porel, Mukesh Sharma, Akash Deep, Alok Pratap Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Sayan Ghosh.
Head Coach: Arun Lal, Coach: Saurasish Lahiri.
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