Ranji Trophy: Jalaj Saxena becomes first player to achieve 400 wickets-6000 runs double in tournament

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Jalaj Saxena became the archetypal Ranji Trophy subordinate successful past to container 6000 runs and 400 wickets. (KCA/MPCA)

Domestic fable Jalaj Saxena became the archetypal subordinate to execute the treble of 6000 runs and 400 wickets successful the Ranji Trophy during Kerala’s fourth-round lucifer against Uttar Pradesh successful Thumba connected Wednesday.

Saxena, who crossed 6000 runs successful the erstwhile circular successful Kolkata, achieved the milestone erstwhile helium claimed his 400th Ranji Trophy wicket with his 4th dismissal against UP. After opting to field, Kerala razed down the UP top-order with Saxena moving done the broadside connected either broadside of Lunch. Saxena dismissed UP left-hander Nitish Rana stumped to scope the landmark.

The 37-year-old Saxena is lone the 13th bowler successful Ranji Trophy past to scope the 400-wicket mark, and the lone progressive cricketer to bash so. 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. Saxena is besides closing successful connected 2000 runs for the broadside successful Ranji Trophy.

Overlooked for the nationalist squad implicit the year, Jalaj had go lone 4th subordinate to grounds 9000 runs and 600 wickets crossed formats successful home cricket past season, down Vinoo Mankad, Madan Lal, and Parvez Rasool.

In the Ranji Trophy circuit, Jalaj’s exploits basal caput and shoulders supra different all-rounders, adjacent overshadowing the feats of the legendary Vijay Hazare, Madan Lal, Sunil Joshi and others.

Most wickets successful Ranji Trophy history

637 – Rajinder Goel
530 – S Venkataraghavan
479 – Sunil Joshi
442 – R Vinay Kumar
441 – Narendra Hirwani
437 – Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
418 – VV Kumar
416 – Shahbaz Nadeem
409 – Pankaj Singh
405 – Sairaj Bahutule
403 – Bishan Singh Bedi
401 – Utpal Chatterjee
400* -Jalaj Saxena

Most prolific Ranji Trophy all-rounders

Jalaj Saxena – 6028 runs, 400 wickets
Sunil Joshi – 4116 runs, 479 wickets
Sairaj Bahutule – 4426 runs, 405 wickets
Madan Lal – 5270 runs, 351 wickets
Rishi Dhawan – 4576 runs, 342 wickets
Vijay Hazare – 6312 runs, 291 wickets
Chandu Sarwate – 4923 runs, 285 wickets

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