Saransh Jain,offspinning allrounder

[tweaker]

The Madhya Pradesh offspinning allrounder has impressed in domestic cricket over the last couple of years. Another good season could catapult him onto the team India.

 

 He  become a Ranji Trophy champion with Madhya Pradesh in 2021-22, and win the Lala Amarnath Award for the best allrounder in the Ranji Trophy in 2022-23. That season he scored 360 runs and picked up 35 wickets for MP. This earned him a call-up to the India A side to play England Lions, where he scored half-centuries in both innings of the only match he played.

 

Last season, he scored 432 runs and picked up 27 wickets and he wants to maintain this momentum in the upcoming season. He has started well in that quest by picking up six wickets in the Irani Cup match against Mumbai. He was also part of the Duleep Trophy and he returned 14 wickets combined from the two red-ball competitions.

 

With the game always evolving, Jain, the offspinner, is aware of the importance of contributing with the bat. His recent scores show that.

 

Consistent performances over the past couple of years have put Jain on the national selectors' radar. He is one of the best offspinning allrounders in the country and form is currently on his side. This season, can he show the consistency needed to complete his journey to that blue jersey.

[tweaker]

Saransh Jain is a 33-year-old allrounder from Madhya Pradesh who bowls offspin and bats left-handed. In 54 first-class games, he has scored 2223 runs at an average of 31.75 and taken 188 wickets at 27.30. He has also featured in 67 List A and T20 matches but red-ball cricket is his strongest suit.

 

 

[tweaker]

The latest Ranji Trophy was arguably his best season. He scored 518 runs at an average of 57.55 and took 30 wickets at 20.43.

 

It came on the back of a successful Duleep Trophy campaign. Playing for Central Zone, he scored two half-centuries and took 16 wickets in two games to be named the Player of the Series.

 

Last month, he was one of the net bowlers ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh.

[tweaker]

Jain is a tall, old-school spinner who prefers to flight the ball and beat batters in the air. But he is also open to trying new things. He often bowls around the wicket to right-hand batters, bringing both edges of the bat into play. Recently, he has also added the legbreak to his armoury, though for now he doesn't intend to use it in red-ball cricket.

 

As a left-hand batter, Jain can be defensive as well as aggressive and has two first-class hundreds to his name. So far, in 54 first-class matches, he has scored 2223 runs at an average of 31.75 and taken 188 wickets at 27.30.

[tweaker]

A couple of things went his way. Washington Sundar was unavailable for selection for the first Test due to a hamstring injury. The presence of several left-hand batters in the Sri Lanka side meant the selectors wanted an offspinner in the squad. Jain happened to be in the right place at the right time. Earlier this month, he was in Sri Lanka for an India A tour. He did not do anything notable in the first game but in the second, he scored an unbeaten 70 and picked up six wickets to make his case.

 

Given the nature of pitches in Sri Lanka, India are likely to play three spinners. Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav are sure starters, which leaves Manav Suthar and Saransh Jain fighting for the third spot. Suthar was impressive on his debut against Afghanistan last month, picking up seven wickets but with Jadeja already there, the team management may not want a second left-arm fingerspinner in the XI. And the presence of left-hand batters in Sri Lanka's side could swing the decision in Jain's favour.

[Sgattick10]

33 matlab 35. Probably a stop gap arrangement 

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Journey man hai

[Stuge]

6 hours ago, tweaker said:

A couple of things went his way. Washington Sundar was unavailable for selection for the first Test due to a hamstring injury. The presence of several left-hand batters in the Sri Lanka side meant the selectors wanted an offspinner in the squad. Jain happened to be in the right place at the right time. Earlier this month, he was in Sri Lanka for an India A tour. He did not do anything notable in the first game but in the second, he scored an unbeaten 70 and picked up six wickets to make his case.

 

Given the nature of pitches in Sri Lanka, India are likely to play three spinners. Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav are sure starters, which leaves Manav Suthar and Saransh Jain fighting for the third spot. Suthar was impressive on his debut against Afghanistan last month, picking up seven wickets but with Jadeja already there, the team management may not want a second left-arm fingerspinner in the XI. And the presence of left-hand batters in Sri Lanka's side could swing the decision in Jain's favour.

He is stop gap sort of selection....

 

 

Bedt of luck to him though 

[tweaker]

2 hours ago, Stuge said:

He is stop gap sort of selection....

 

If he gets an opportunity in test he will grab it.

He has experience ,skill sets to succeed 

[vvvslaxman]

Jalaj saxena was doing it for years. Poor guy's career coincided with Ash/Jad. This saransh out of the blue had one good season with ball and bat. We have seen a lot of one season Ranji wonders in the twilight of their career.

 

Saransh jain 33 years old

 

54 matches 2223 runs 31.75 average  2 centuries  188 wickets 27.30 average 

 

Jalaj asxena 39 years old

 

157 matches 7224 runs 33.75 aveage 14 centuries  512 wickets 25.45 average 

Edited August 7 by vvvslaxman

[SecondSlip]

32 minutes ago, tweaker said:

 

If he gets an opportunity in test he will grab it.

He has experience ,skill sets to succeed 

Mediocre journeyman who won't be in the team by the end of the year. 

Tanush Kotian should have been selected instead. 

[Lord]

Another Jalaj Saxena.

 

Need to look at younger prospects 

[Lord]

1 hour ago, tweaker said:

 

If he gets an opportunity in test he will grab it.

He has experience ,skill sets to succeed 

So far hasn’t grabbed it in warmup game

[tweaker]

11 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Jalaj saxena was doing it for years. Poor guy's career coincided with Ash/Jad.

Jalaj was opener.He could have been considered as top order batsman,who could bowl.

 

[jf1gp_1]

21 hours ago, tweaker said:

Saransh Jain is a 33-year-old allrounder from Madhya Pradesh who bowls offspin and bats left-handed. In 54 first-class games, he has scored 2223 runs at an average of 31.75 and taken 188 wickets at 27.30. He has also featured in 67 List A and T20 matches but red-ball cricket is his strongest suit.

Is it worth investing on a 33 year old?

[Lord]

13 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Jalaj saxena was doing it for years. Poor guy's career coincided with Ash/Jad. This saransh out of the blue had one good season with ball and bat. We have seen a lot of one season Ranji wonders in the twilight of their career.

 

Saransh jain 33 years old

 

54 matches 2223 runs 31.75 average  2 centuries  188 wickets 27.30 average 

 

Jalaj asxena 39 years old

 

157 matches 7224 runs 33.75 aveage 14 centuries  512 wickets 25.45 average 

 

Still we played Jayant Yadav, Nadeem, even Karn above him

[singhvivek141]

10 hours ago, tweaker said:

Jalaj was opener.He could have been considered as top order batsman,who could bowl.

 

Jalaj was primarily a spinner, he moulded his battinh as he grew older to keep himself a viable asset.

Kinda like Daniel Vettori who improved with bat as he grew old.

[tweaker]

Saransh could replace Kuldeep in the 2nd test 

[cowboysfan]

He has to play,at the very least he will give us some 30 runs every innings with the bat.

[singhvivek141]

Kuldeep...man he is just frustrating everyone.

Few years ago he had backing of almost every cricket fan for the injustice. Seems to have lost everything.