Wriddhiman Saha returns to Bengal, replaces Abhimanyu Easwaran in Rashmi Medinipur Wizards squad in Bengal Pro T20 League 2024

Wriddhiman Saha, the Indian wicket-keeper batter makes his comeback in Bengal cricket as he joins Rashmi Medinipur Wizards for Bengal Pro T20 League 2024, replacing their captain Abhimanyu Easwaran, who is currently at the National Cricket Academy. Easwaran, the marquee player and captain of the franchise, will be unavailable for the whole tournament due to an injury.

Saha, the 39-year-old keeper-batter had left Bengal in the 2021-22 season after a dispute with the Cricket Association of Bengal and decided to join Tripura as a captain-cum-mentor. 

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However, there were reports that Saha might be returning to Bengal cricket as Sourav Ganguly met him a week ago requesting the Siligur boy to play another season for Bengal before calling it a day. 

Post that Saha asked for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Tripura Cricket Association to be able to make his return to Bengal cricket. 

🚨𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝟐𝟎 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬:

𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙖𝙝𝙖 joins Reshmi Medinipur Wizards replacing Abhimanyu Easwaran, who is at the NCA at the moment and will be missing the league! #BengalProT20League

— Koushik Biswas (@kbofficial25) June 8, 2024

Saha now will be joining Rashmi Medinipur Wizards as a key player while Sudip Chatterjee and Ishan Porel will be the captain and vice-captains of the team for the Bengal Pro T20 League 2024. With his return, Saha will reunite with Laxmi Ratan Shukla, who is the head coach of the Medinipur Wizards team.