The Indian team management has always kept Wriddhiman Saha on priority when it comes to Test cricket. Well, they have been pretty good with their judgment as the statistics favour Saha.
The Indian gloveman has a catching efficiency of 96.9% when a batsman nicks the ball behind the stumps in the last three years.
Virat Kohli at the start of the series mentioned Wriddaman Saha’s wicket keeping credentials are there for everyone to see. In the last three years, his catch efficiency facing pace bowlers is 96.9% – the highest of all keepers to have taken 10+ catches since 2017. #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/imc6sTS79N
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) October 12, 2019
Saha is followed by Niroshan Dickwella and Jonny Bairstow. He has a total of 77 catches and 10 stumpings to his name in 33 Tests. Saha is presently a part of the Indian team that is taking on South Africa in the second Test of the three-match series in Pune.
India grabbed a massive lead of 326 runs after bowling out the Proteas for 275.
