Vineet Saxena

Vineet Saxena

Personal information
Full name	Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena
Born	(1980-12-03) 3 December 1980 (age 44) Margao, Goa, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998/99–2004/05	Rajasthan
2005/06	Railways
2006/07–2018	Uttarakhand
Career statistics
Competition FC LA 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 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – 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 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.

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]

Coaching career

In May 2024, Saxena was appointed batting coach for the National Cricket Academy high-performance camp for Under-19 boys. ^[8]

References

1. Sri Lanka Under-19s in India 1998/99 (1st ODI) - India Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s
2. Ranji Trophy 2010/11 (Quarter-Final) - Rajasthan v Mumbai
3. Ranji Trophy 2010/11 (Semi-Final) - Rajasthan v Tamil Nadu
4. Batting and Fielding for Rajasthan in Ranji Trophy 2010/11
5. Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 2011/12 (Ordered by Runs)
6. Ranji Trophy 2011/12 (Semi-Final) - Haryana v Rajasthan
7. Ranji Trophy 2011/12 (Final) - Tamil Nadu v Rajasthan
8. "Vineet Saxena appointed batting coach for NCA high performance camp". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

External links

• Vineet Saxena at ESPNcricinfo