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It is understood that the new team management has conveyed to the national selectors that the 37-year-old wicket-keeper isn't one for the future.
Stiffness in the neck did not allow India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha to take the field on day five of the first Test against New Zealand here on Monday.
Saha scored a fighting 61 not out on day four to put India in a strong position after the hosts lost five wickets for 51 runs.
Saha, the oldest member of the current Indian set-up at 37, is playing his 39th Test in 11 years since his debut.
On Saturday, Saha complained of a stiff neck, minutes before the third day's play was to start and Bharat, the second keeper doing his own routine, was told to do the job in the middle.
Srikar Bharat took the field in Saha's absence.
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The three had to isolate themselves from the Indian squad after coming in contact with assistant/net bowler Dayanand Garani, who had tested positive for coronavirus on July 14.
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Despite being steady with the bat, somehow Saha's willow wielding hasn't exactly inspired the highest confidence and the question raised doesn't amuse him one bit.
The 36-year-old Saha was among the players who contracted the dreaded virus before the IPL stumbled to an abrupt halt midway into its 14th season.
Both players have been included in the squad that will travel to England for the WTC final and the subsequent five-match Test series.
Saha had tested negative for COVID-19 earlier this week, but the selection commitee didn't want to take any chances and included Bharat keeping in mind the COVID protocols.
Saha has reached his home in Kolkata after completing over a fortnight-long quarantine at a Delhi hotel. He was picked for the England-bound squad subject to fitness.
Saha, who has been named in India's squad for the World Test Championship final and the subsequent Test series against England, is hoping to join the squad's bio-bubble in Mumbai on May 25.
Saha was one of the many players who had contracted the virus in the bio-bubble which eventually led to the indefinite suspension of IPL 2021.
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