Vineet Saxena

Vineet Saxena
Personal information
Full name Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena
Born 3 December 1980
Margao, Goa, India
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off-break
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998/99–2004/05 Rajasthan
2005/06 Railways
2006/07–present Rajasthan
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 99 12 4
Runs scored 6103 317 64
Batting average 37.21 31.70 32.00
100s/50s 13/31 0/2 0/0
Top score 257 66 39*
Balls bowled 348 6 -
Wickets 5 0 -
Bowling average 47.00 - -
5 wickets in innings 0 0 -
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/28 - -
Catches/stumpings 78/– 2/– 0/-
Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2013

Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena (born 3 December 1980) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket. He is a right-hand batsman and off-break bowler. He is a regular member of Central Zone team in Duleep Trophy.

Career

Saxena made his first-class debut for Rajasthan in February 1999 against Bengal. He represented India Under-19s in an ODI match against Sri Lanka in March that year.[1] After Rajasthan got relegated to Plate division in the 2004/05 season, Saxena switched to Railways in the 2005/06 season. In 2006/07, he returned to playing for Rajasthan.

Saxena shot to limelight when he scored 143 against the defending champions Mumbai in the quarterfinals of the 2010-11 Ranji Trophy. He shared a 240-run second-wicket partnership with captain Hrishikesh Kanitkar which helped Rajasthan advance to the semifinals on first innings lead.[2] In the semifinal against Tamil Nadu, he scored 72 as the match was drawn and Rajasthan advanced to the final.[3] He had scores of 31 and 0 in the final against Baroda. Rajasthan won the trophy for the first time and Saxena finished with 566 runs from 12 innings at an average of 51.45.[4]

In the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy season, Saxena was the second highest run-getter of the tournament, only behind teammate Robin Bist. Saxena scored 897 runs from 18 innings at an average of 52.76 with two hundreds and five fifties.[5] In the semifinal against Haryana on a seamer-friendly wicket at Rohtak, Saxena top-scored for Rajasthan in both innings with 32 and 58, as Rajasthan went on to win by 64 runs.[6] In the final against Tamil Nadu, Saxena scored a career-best 257 helping his team to win the trophy for the second time in succession.[7]

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