Iresh Saxena

Iresh Saxena is a professional cricketer from Haryana, who plays majorly for the team of Bengal. Recently, he has been bought by the team of Kolkata Knight Riders to play for IPL 5 season.

Iresh has played in 13 First class matches, scoring 73 runs, at an average of 6.08 and a strike rate of 23.39. He bowled 2218 balls of 903 runs, taking 29 wickets at an average of 31.33 and a strike of 76.4. Further, Saxena played in 31 List A matches, scoring 15 runs at an average of 5.00 and a strike rate of 39.47. He bowled 1487 balls of 890 runs, taking 36 wickets, at an average of 24.72 and a strike rate of 41.3.

Of the 13 Twenty20 matches, Iresh bowled 250 balls of 228 runs, taking 14 wickets. His bowling average accumulated to 16.28, at an economy rate of 5.47 and a strike rate of 17.8. He made his first class debut in 2008 against Madhya Pradesh in Gwalior along with List A debut against Assam in Guwahati. His Twenty20 debut was in Dhanbad in 2009 against Assam team in 2009.