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Jalaj Saxena
On scorecards: Jalaj S Saxena · Right-hand bat
Jalaj Saxena spent a single IPL season with Punjab Kings, 2021: 1 match.
The arrival
Jalaj Saxena arrived through the auction: Punjab Kings paid ₹30 lakh, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 1 match.
At the auction
Jalaj Saxena went under the hammer eight times, bought four times and left unsold four times. The highest price was ₹90 lakh, paid by Mumbai Indians in 2014, more than 4 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2021, cost ₹30 lakh. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Mumbai Indians in 2014, Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2015 and Delhi Capitals in 2019.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Punjab Kings | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 9.00 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Punjab Kings: 2021
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls bowled | 27.8% |
| Balls per wicket | 18 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UAL2 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹90 lakh |
| 2015 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹10 lakh |
| 2019 | – | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹20 lakh |
| 2021 | UAL2 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹30 lakh |
| 2022 | – | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
| 2024 | UAL2 | ₹40 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | UAL10 | ₹40 lakh | Unsold |
| 2026 | UAL3 | ₹40 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet