Coach Dravid’s two cents on Saha saga

"He deserved honesty and clarity." Rahul Dravid dead-bats criticism from Wriddhiman Saha who was urged to quit his Test career.

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00:00I'm actually not hurt at all. I have a deep respect for

00:03Riddhiman Saha and his achievements and his contribution to Indian cricket. I think he deserved

00:10Honesty and he deserved clarity

00:13And I didn't want him to hear

00:16About it, you know from the media

00:30These are conversations that you know, I constantly have with players

00:39And I'm not hurt about it at all. When you have

00:43Difficult conversations with people and sometimes you have to have them with players

00:48You don't expect them to always agree with you or like with you, but that doesn't mean you brush it under the carpet

00:53I truly believe in

00:55Having those conversations before every playing XI is picked even now either me or Rohit will speak to the guys who are not playing

01:01And be open to answer questions as to why they're not playing

01:04I think it's natural for players at times to get upset and to

01:09And to feel hurt. I was just trying to just trying to convey

01:14We have only three test matches this year

01:17you know and

01:18With Rishabh Pant having established himself as our number one choice wicketkeeper

01:23You know, the idea was to say that we were looking to groom a younger wicketkeeper

01:28With only three test matches this year

01:29The easiest thing for me is to not have these conversations or not speak to players about it

01:33And that's not what that's not who I am

01:35And that's not what I'm gonna do and I don't expect them to like it or like me

01:39But at some stage, you know

01:41I hope they'll at least respect the fact that I was able to front up and and have these conversations with them