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Kolkata, Nov 11 (CRICKETNMORE):  <\/strong>Out of action for most part of the year due to injury, India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha on Sunday said he is eyeing a comeback to competitive cricket by the mid or end of December.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I am much better than before. I expect to make a comeback by mid-December or by the end of the year. The rehabilitation is going on keeping that in mind. So hopefully, if things go to plan I will make a comeback by that time," Saha told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of Wiki, a sports fiction based on the life of a wicketkeeper.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I have started knocking at the nets and taking throwdowns but I am not match fit yet."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Saha has been out of action ever since his last Indian Premier League (IPL) match for Sunrisers Hyderabad in May due to a number of injuries, chief of which were a broken finger and a shoulder problem.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

There was speculation around his injury too, with allegations surfacing that it was aggravated because of a bungled rehabilitation. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 34-year old had initially been sidelined of the second and third Test in South Africa because of a hamstring injury before which he missed the latter stages of the IPL due to a finger injury, which was later revealed to be a broken thumb when he got ruled out of the Test match against Afghanistan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Asked about his mental state during the rehab process and how is he eyeing a comeback to the Indian team, Saha said, "I have to come up the ranks like everybody. First I have to play domestic cricket and according to the performances, I will try and get back to the Indian team. I will have to get selected as well."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Saha further said that the Indian team management is in touch with him through National Cricket Academy (NCA).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I am in touch with the team management through the NCA. The message is being conveyed."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Provided he is able to make a comeback in December, Saha can walk into the Bengal Ranji Trophy team with the domestic season just underway.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Bengal will take on Madhya Pradesh here on Monday in an Elite Group B game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

During Saha's absence, dashing wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant made his Test debut on the England tour. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

After a shaky start, the left-hander scored a blazing hundred in the Oval Test. Then, he followed it up with a half-century against the Windies in the first Test in Rajkot and is now a certainty in the side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Saha has played 32 Tests and scored 1164 runs including three hundreds.
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