Jalaj Saxena Career: Currently, the match is taking place between Uttar Pradesh and Kerala in Ranji Trophy 2024. In this match, Jalaj Saxena has bowled brilliantly for the Kerala team and played an important role in restricting Uttar Pradesh to 162 runs by taking five wickets. Uttar Pradesh batsmen could not stand against his powerful bowling and were seen struggling to score runs. Currently, Kerala team has scored 71 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.
Jalaj Saxena took five wickets in the first innings
Jalaj Saxena has created history by taking 5 wickets in the first innings and he has completed his 400 wickets in Ranji Trophy. He has already scored 6000 runs in Ranji Trophy. Jalaj Saxena has become the first player to take 400 wickets and score 6000 runs in Ranji Trophy. No player before him had been able to achieve such a feat in Ranji Trophy.
Made debut in Ranji Trophy in 2005
Jalaj Saxena made his debut in Ranji Trophy in the year 2005. Then he played for Madhya Pradesh. He could not take a single wicket in his debut match. So far, he has scored 6795 runs in 143 first class matches, which included 14 centuries and his best score was 194 runs. Talking about bowling, he has scored 452 runs in 143 first class matches. He is known for his excellent bowling and batting.
Haven’t made debut for Team India yet
After 2016, Jalaj Saxena started playing for Kerala in Ranji Trophy. After this he performed brilliantly and never looked back in his career. The special thing is that even after playing in domestic cricket for two decades, he has not got a chance to debut with Team India. He has become the 13th player to complete 400 wickets in Ranji Trophy.
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