Goof Up With Injured Wriddhiman Saha’s Rehabilitation at NCA, Bangalore?

Bengal’s Wriddhiman Saha has been out of action since IPL 2018 when the wicket-keeper was ruled out due to a thumb injury. Not much has been elaborated on the injury but Saha is not a part of the test team of India as well. Now, the injury turned out to be much more serious than it looked. As per a report by India Today, the wicket-keeper is actually nursing career-threatening shoulder problem.  The injury is caused by a "bungled" rehabilitation programme at the National Cricket Academy, a top BCCI official has claimed.

It is said that the southpaw will undergo a surgery next month and could be dropped from India’s tour to Australia which is scheduled to happen later this year. A senior BCCI official told PTI, “Wriddhiman's rehabilitation has been a complete goof up. The NCA physio has bungled it big time. Now only a surgery can put him back on track. Once he is done with surgery, he will not touch the bat for at least two months and then rehab will start."

Earlier today, Saha posted a message on his Facebook Twitter stating that he is going through a bad phase.

The BCCI official confirmed that he is suffering from a shoulder injury and now the problem aggravated under the guidance of the seniors of the NCA, Bangalore. “Wriddhi first sustained a shoulder injury during the tour of South Africa while taking a catch. But it was a niggle that didn't bother him. He left SA tour because of hamstring trouble and not shoulder pain though," the official claimed.

"Now since keepers don't need to throw from deep, so during IPL, Wriddhi didn't bother and played with that injury. But the pain didn't go away.  He thought that possibly he could play against England with a good rehab at NCA and take it from there. But at NCA, training under a senior physio aggravated it further," he alleged. As per the official, the NCA or selectors did not bother to inform Amitabh Chaudhary about the injury. “Isn't it weird that a hairline fracture was taking two months to heal? No one probed the actual reason. Now he requires a major surgery and we can't put a date on his comeback," the official said.

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