Jalaj Saxena of Kerala has become the first player in the history of Ranji Trophy to take 400 wickets and score 6000 runs. He achieved this feat during the match against Uttar Pradesh in the currently being played Ranji Trophy 2024-25. This match is being played at St. Xavier’s College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram.

Let us tell you that in the match being played against Uttar Pradesh, the experienced spinner bowled lethally and took 5 wickets for 56 runs in 17 overs. During this match, he did not allow any batsman from Uttar Pradesh to dominate him and took important wickets for his team. In this match, Kerala won the toss and decided to bowl first and due to the lethal performance of Jalaj Saxena, Uttar Pradesh team was all out for 162 runs in its first innings.

Jalaj Saxena took the wickets of Madhav Kaushik, Aryan Juyal, Nitish Rana, Siddharth Yadav and Piyush Chawla in the first innings. With this, the experienced player took 5 wicket haul for the 29th time in the history of Ranji Trophy. Jalaj Saxena has become the 13th bowler in the history of Ranji Trophy to take 400 or more wickets. Last season, he became the fourth player to achieve 9000 runs and 600 wickets in all formats of domestic cricket combined.

Jalaj Saxena has performed well in the Ranji Trophy season.

So far this season, Saxena has scored 101 runs in two matches at an average of 50.50, while in bowling he has taken 13 wickets in four innings at an average of 19.09. This veteran player started his Ranji career in 2005 from Madhya Pradesh. For this team, he scored 4041 runs and took 159 wickets. After this, Jalaj Saxena joined the Kerala team in the 2016-17 season.

So far, in 143 first class matches, Jalaj Saxena has scored 6795 runs at an average of 33.97, which includes 14 centuries and 33 half-centuries. The off-spinner has taken 452 wickets at an average of 25.68. Experienced players would like to continue their same performance in future also.