Published on Nov 7, 2024
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Jalaj Saxena
Jalaj Saxena

♦ Jalaj Saxena became the first player to achieve the record of scoring 6000 runs and picking up 400 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.

♦ He achieved this feat during the fourth-round match between Kerala and Uttar Pradesh in Thiruvananthapuram on 6 November 2024.

♦ Saxena began his First-Class career in 2005, crossed the 6000-run mark in the previous round in Kolkata.

♦ He has scored 6795 runs in his first-class career at an average of 33.97, which includes 14 hundreds and 33 fifties.