Vineet Saxena
Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena (born 3 December 1980) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Uttarakhand 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.
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| Full name | Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1980 Margao, Goa, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998/99–2004/05 | Rajasthan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005/06 | Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–2018 | Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
References
- Sri Lanka Under-19s in India 1998/99 (1st ODI) - India Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s
- Ranji Trophy 2010/11 (Quarter-Final) - Rajasthan v Mumbai
- Ranji Trophy 2010/11 (Semi-Final) - Rajasthan v Tamil Nadu
- Batting and Fielding for Rajasthan in Ranji Trophy 2010/11
- Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 2011/12 (Ordered by Runs)
- Ranji Trophy 2011/12 (Semi-Final) - Haryana v Rajasthan
- Ranji Trophy 2011/12 (Final) - Tamil Nadu v Rajasthan