Jalaj Saxena is a star bowler in Indian domestic cricket, whose lethal bowling was once again seen in the Ranji Trophy on Thursday. Jalaj, playing for Maharashtra, took 6 wickets in the first innings against Goa, due to which Goa was reduced to 209 runs in the first innings. He gave 79 runs in 34 overs.

Goa’s first wicket was taken by Jalaj Saxena, he got opener Suyyash Prabhudesai caught out by Prithvi Shaw in the eighth over. After this he bowled the other opener Manthan Khutkar. Jalaj then bowled Abhinav Tejarana. Goa’s fourth wicket fell in the form of Lalit Yadav, which was taken by Ramakrishna Ghosh.

Jalaj Saxena took 500 first class wickets

After this, Jalaj completed 500 wickets in his first class by taking his fourth wicket in the form of Darshan Misal. Jalaj took his fifth wicket in the innings in the form of Rajshekhar Harikant. As the sixth wicket, he bowled captain Snehal Kaunthkar, who played an important inning of 73 runs.

Jalaj Saxena was born on December 15, 1986 in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh. This all-rounder player made his debut in first class cricket in the year 2005, in 2006 he played his first List A match. However, he could never get a place in the national team.

Jalaj Saxena’s first class career

39-year-old Jalaj Saxena has taken 502 wickets in 156 first class matches. He has taken 5 wickets in an innings 34 times and has taken 10 wickets 10 times. He has also scored 7202 runs in 236 first class innings, which includes 14 centuries and 35 half-centuries.

Jalaj Saxena has played 110 List A matches, in which he scored 2080 runs and took 123 wickets. He has scored 3 centuries and 7 half-centuries in List A. Apart from this, he has scored 709 runs and taken 86 wickets in 79 T20 matches.

IPL career

In the year 2021, Jalaj Saxena made his IPL debut playing for Punjab Kings, in which he bowled 3 overs but could not take any wicket. Earlier, he played in the Champions League T20 for Mumbai Indians in 2014-15, taking only 1 wicket in 3 matches.