Wriddhiman Saha is the best keeper in the world right now: Philo Wallace

Indian wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha has impressed with his glovework in the West Indies tour. Earlier, having been criticized for his performance with the bat, he silenced the critics with a brilliant century at Gros Islet in the third Test match of the series. Former West Indies opener Philo Wallace called Saha as ‘the best wicketkeeper in the world right now.’

“I’m very impressed with Saha and I think he is the best,” Wallace, told a group of Indian media persons.

Wallace, who himself has kept wickets occasionally for his side was in all praise for the Indian wicket-keeper, who had to wait for long for a spot in the squad. “It was a pretty long wait for Saha as Dhoni was there. But I’m impressed that he was told that his time would come and he waited without losing patience and today he is reaping the rewards,” Wallace said.

He pointed out that normally what happens is that the player will lose focus once a player had to wait for long, but Saha kept his cool and focused on his game. “A lot of times, if a player has to wait for too long, he may lose focus or interest and his career would go down.”

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“Your board has put in place a system and involved people like Tendulkar, Ganguly, and Laxman. They picked Anil Kumble as the coach but most of the support staff from Ravi Shastri’s time have been retained which helps maintain continuity,” he added.

Speaking about the West Indies players, he admitted that as far as the longest format of the game is concerned, Caribbean players were short of skill and attitude. He also questioned the reason behind dropping the young Alzarri Joseph for the fourth Test, who impressed in the 3rd Test match of the series against India.

“The players should have more pride in their performance. And they should pick the best players to play for West indies. Look how Alzarri Joseph was dropped for this Test (in Port of Spain). He was the most aggressive bowler in the West Indies camp in St. Lucia and bowled fast and in the right areas. The next match, you drop the young man. What will it do to his morale?” questioned Wallace.