Wriddhiman Prasanta Saha was born on 24 October 1984 and is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team.
42 Facts About Wriddhiman Saha
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Wriddhiman Saha is the current first class captain of Tripura Cricket Team in domestic cricket and wicket keeper for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League.
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Wriddhiman Saha was the first cricketer to score a century in an Indian Premier League final.
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Wriddhiman Saha is considered the finest wicketkeeper India has ever produced since Syed Kirmani.
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Wriddhiman Saha scored his maiden Test century at St Lucia on a tour of the Caribbean.
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Wriddhiman Saha played for the Under-19s and the Under-22s team before being promoted to first-class cricket.
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Wriddhiman Saha scored a duck in his debut innings in the following match.
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Wriddhiman Saha was named in the India A squad which played three limited overs match against the Israel Invitational XI, where he was selected on the basis of his performance in the Indian Premier League.
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Wriddhiman Saha scored an unbeaten 85 in the third match in which India chased 235.
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Wriddhiman Saha has a record of making fastest century in domestic cricket.
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Wriddhiman Saha scored 102 runs of just 20 balls at a strike rate of 510 with 4 fours and 14 sixes in 2018.
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Wriddhiman Saha has records with KT, joining in 2011, at WBC League.
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Wriddhiman Saha scored his LA highest score in 2017 which was 154 in the 65 over WBC League 2017.
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On 28 January 2010, Wriddhiman Saha was included in the Indian Test squad as a reserve wicket-keeper in place of Dinesh Karthik for the upcoming home Test match series against South Africa.
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Wriddhiman Saha scored a duck in the first innings, but scored 36 in the second innings.
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India lost the Test and Wriddhiman Saha was dropped from the squad for the second Test which India subsequently won to level the two-match series.
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Wriddhiman Saha played in the fourth match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in January 2012 in place of MS Dhoni, who was banned for slow over rate, where he made 35 runs in the first Test which helped Virat Kohli get his maiden Test Century.
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Wriddhiman Saha toured South Africa in December 2013, New Zealand in February 2014 and England in July 2014 as part of the test squad but did not get a game.
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Wriddhiman Saha made 25 runs in the first inning and 13 runs in the second inning.
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Wriddhiman Saha played in the fourth match of the series and made 35 runs.
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Wriddhiman Saha scored 2 fifties in 2 test matches he played in Sri Lanka.
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Wriddhiman Saha played in tests of Gandhi-Mandela Freedom Trophy 2015.
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Wriddhiman Saha scored twin fifties at Eden Gardens, his home ground, in October 2016 to get his 1st- ever man of the match award.
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Wriddhiman Saha was selected for 5 match Test series against England in India but played only in the 1st and 2nd matches, and was out of the rest of the series due to injury.
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Wriddhiman Saha scored his 2nd test hundred against Bangladesh in a one-off test in February 2017.
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On 19 March 2017, Wriddhiman Saha scored a century at JSCA International Stadium against Australia, making 117 off 233 balls which included 8 fours and 1 six.
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On 8 January 2018, against South Africa Wriddhiman Saha became the first wicket-keeper for India to take ten catches in a single Test.
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Wriddhiman Saha suffered a hamstring injury in South Africa but still played in the 2018 IPL, which worsened his injury.
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Wriddhiman Saha was not selected for 5 Test match series in India's tour of England in 2018 due to his injury and he was replaced by Rishabh Pant.
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Wriddhiman Saha played in the 3 match Test series against South Africa in India in 2019 and took many magical catches.
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In November 2019, in the second Test against Bangladesh, Wriddhiman Saha became the fifth wicket-keeper for India to affect 100 dismissals in Test cricket.
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In January 2020, Wriddhiman Saha was selected for 2 Test Series in New Zealand but did not play any match.
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Wriddhiman Saha substituted Rishabh Pant in the 3rd Innings of 3rd match and helped Navdeep Saini get his first Test wicket.
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Wriddhiman Saha was selected in India's Squad for the WTC Final and India's Tour of England 2021 but did not feature in the playing 11.
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In November, 2021, Wriddhiman Saha was selected as the first-choice wicket keeper in the two-match test series between India and New Zealand.
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Wriddhiman Saha made his ODI debut against New Zealand in 2010 in 5 ODIs series and played in the first 3 matches.
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Wriddhiman Saha played in the first 3 matches but was dropped for 4th and 5th match.
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Wriddhiman Saha played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the first three sessions on IPL but in 2011 he was picked by Chennai Super Kings as a reserve wicket keeper for MS Dhoni.
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Wriddhiman Saha represented the Chennai Super Kings in 2012 and 2013.
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In 2014 IPL Auction Wriddhiman Saha was purchased by Kings XI Punjab as a specialist wicketkeeper.
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Wriddhiman Saha made 362 runs at an average of 32.90 and a strike rate of 145.38.
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Wriddhiman Saha was released by Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of IPL 2022 auction.