Jarraj Saxena career: The Ranji Trophy 2024 match is currently being played between Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. In this match, Jalaj Saxena bowled brilliantly for Kerala and played an important role in restricting Uttar Pradesh to 162 runs. Took 5 wickets. The Uttar Pradesh batsmen were unable to withstand his powerful bowling and struggled to score runs. Currently, Kerala team has scored 71 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.
Jalaj Saxena took five wickets in first innings
Jalaj Saxena created history by taking 5 wickets in the first innings as he completed 400 wickets in the Ranji Trophy. He has scored 6000 runs in Ranji Trophy. Jalaj Saxena became the first player to take 400 wickets and score 6000 runs in the Ranji Trophy. No player before him could achieve such results in the Ranji Trophy.
Participated in Ranji Trophy for the first time in 2005
Jalaj Saxena made his debut in Ranji Trophy in 2005. He then played for Madhya Pradesh. In his first match, he did not take a single wicket. He has so far scored 6795 runs in 143 first-class matches, including 14 centuries, with his best score being 194. Talking about bowling, he scored 452 runs in 143 first-class matches. He is known for his excellent bowling and batting.
Yet to make debut for India
After 2016, Jalaj Saxena began to represent Kerala in the Ranji Trophy. He performed well after that and never looked back in his career. The peculiar thing is that even after two decades in domestic cricket, he never got a chance to make his debut in the Indian team. He became the 13th player to take 400 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.
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