Bengal selectors name Saha, Tiwary in squad for Ranji QF
Press Trust of India Kolkata The selectors today named Wriddhiman Saha and Manoj Tiwary in Bengal's 17-member squad for its Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Railways beginning January 8.
Tiwary, who is yet to play a match this season after a knee surgery, will have to pass a fitness test in NCA Bangalore on January 6, as Bengal named the stylish batsman as the 17th member.
"He (Tiwary) came and met us this morning. He's very keen to play the match so we have kept our options open," CAB joint secretary Sujan Mukherjee said.
Senior opener Arindam Das, who suffered a back injury in their match against UP, is also making a comeback as the axe has fallen on Sadipan Das and U-25 left-arm spinner Jitendra Shaw.
Bengal squad: Laxmi Ratan Shukla (capt), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Arindam Das, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Manoj Tiwary, Subhomoy Das, Kaushik Ghosh, Writtick Chatterjee, Sudip Chatterjee, Ashok Dinda, Shib Shankar Pal, Sourav Sarkar, Saurashish Lahiri, Iresh Saxena, Gitimoy Basu, Sourav Mondal and Arnab Nandy.