Kerala’s Jalaj Saxena sets new Ranji Trophy bowling record with five-wicket haul against 19th different opposition

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Jalaj Saxena celebrates his 31st Ranji Trophy five-wicket haul against Bihar connected Friday. (KCA)

Domestic seasoned Jalaj Saxena acceptable a caller Ranji Trophy grounds arsenic helium bagged a brisk five-wicket haul against Bihar successful the past league-stage lucifer for Kerala astatine the Sports Hub International Cricket stadium successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Friday.

After Kerala enactment connected a hefty 351 connected the board, Saxena ripped done a brittle Bihar middle-order to assertion figures of 5/19 successful lone 7 overs. The five-for marked his 31st five-wicket haul successful the Ranji Trophy, the highest among progressive bowlers. Only 4 different bowlers person claimed much five-wicket hauls successful the past of the tournament.

However, Saxena’s five-for was his archetypal against Bihar, making them the 19th absorption against whom the Madhya Pradesh-born off-spinner has tallied a five-wicket haul. The 38-year-old Saxena thereby surpassed erstwhile India pacer Pankaj Singh’s (18) grounds for five-wicket hauls against astir teams successful the Ranji Trophy.

Saxena’s wicket-tally besides roseate to 416 successful the tournament, marking him the joint-ninth highest wicket-taker successful the Ranji Trophy.

Earlier this season, Saxena completed the uncommon Ranji Trophy treble of 6000 runs and 400 wickets, making him the lone uncapped Indian all-rounder to grounds the feat. Saxena, who began his First Class vocation successful 2005 with Madhya Pradesh, totalled 159 wickets and 4041 runs for the squad earlier switching to Kerala successful the 2016-17 season. The right-arm off-spinner has since go Kerala’s second-highest wicket-taker successful First Class cricket, lone down KN Ananthapadmanabhan (310).

Ranji Trophy five-wicket hauls against astir team

19 – Jalaj Saxena
18 – Pankaj Singh
16 – Sunil Joshi
16 – R Vinay Kumar
16 – Shahbaz Nadeem
16 – Aditya Sarwate

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