Saha, who called time on his first-class career at the conclusion of Bengal’s league-stage campaign in the 2024–25 Ranji Trophy, has long been viewed as a potential coach by many within the Bengal cricketing circuit. Saha, 40, is regarded as someone who could play a key role in nurturing the next generation of cricketers

An artificial debate of sorts opened up when Rahul was preferred to Rishabh Pant for the CT, artificial because it overlooked impact and merely relied on the eulogising of the X-Factor that the left-hander from Delhi brings