The 27-year-old will be behind the stumps in the Test starting January 24 as regular wicketkeeper as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been slapped with a one-match ban for slow over-rate in the third Test in Perth last week.
The situation perfectly fits with Saha`s profile of stepping in at the moment of vacuum and making the most of a crisis. The youngster made his first class debut for Bengal against Hyderabad in the 2007 season. The opportunity came his way after regular stumper Deep Dasgupta opted for Indian Cricket League (ICL).
Saha promptly made an immediate impression and cracked a century in his debut first-class match. The next big moment for Saha came when the South Africans came touring in 2010. Disenchanted with both Dinesh Karthick and Parthiv Patel, the selectors turned towards Saha and drafted him into the squad as a second wicketkeeper-batsman.
When nobody expected him to do anything other than carry drinks on the field, Saha actually made his Test debut. Again, somebody`s loss became his moment of gain. Rohit Sharma was set to make his debut when a freak injury just before the game gave Saha his break but purely as a batsman. Saha didn`t do too bad, making 36 in one of the innings.