Full Name

Ramesh Chand Saxena

Born

September 20, 1944, Delhi

Died

August 16, 2011, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, (aged 66y 330d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

RELATIONS

(son)

Wisden Overview
A teenage prodigy, Ramesh Saxena was a middle-order batsman who combined style with technical expertise. A stalwart for Delhi for many years, Saxena made 113 not out on his debut in the Ranji Trophy against Southern Punjab in 1960-61 when he was only 16. Saxena toured England with the Indian team in 1967 as a reserve middle-order batsman and scored 238 runs (23.80) in first-class games. He played his only Test, against England at Headingley, scoring 9 in the first-innings when he opened and then 16 dropping down no No. 7 in the second. He also toured Australia and New Zealand in 1967-68 with modest success. He was also an occasional legbreak bowler and a sound cover fielder. He later served as secretary of the Bihar Jharkhand Cricket Association, before his death at the age of 66.

Ramesh Saxena Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests120251612.508629.06003000
FC149231298155202*40.37--1742--650
List A660714111.83--00--00

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests1112110---5.50-000
FC149-1716933334/24-28.273.2652.0-00
List A6-1210---0.50-000

Umpire & Referee

FormatMatReferee
FC44
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Test

Debut/Last Matches of Ramesh Saxena

Test Matches

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FC Matches

Span
1960/61 - 1981/82

List A Matches

Span
1973/74 - 1980/81

Recent Matches of Ramesh Saxena

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
East Zone vs West Indians86 & 22--23-Dec-1978JamshedpurFC
East Zone vs North Zone2 & 51--17-Nov-1978Eden GardensFC
East Zone vs West Zone26 & 70/722-Oct-1976AhmedabadFC
East Zone vs North Zone85 & 60/1813-Dec-1975Eden GardensFC
East Zone vs South Zone30 & 40*--17-Nov-1973ChennaiFC

Photos of Ramesh Saxena

The 1967 India squad touring England. (Standing, from left): V Subramanya, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, Sadanand Mohol, Subrata Guha, S Venkataraghavan, Farokh Engineer, Ajit Wadekar, Ramesh Saxena, Hanumant Singh, Bishan Bedi and Erapalli Prasanna. (Front row) M Chinnaswamy (treasurer), Rusi Surti, Chandu Borde, Nawab of Pataudi (captain), Keki Tarapore (manager), Budhi Kunderan and Dilip Sardesai