All rounder Jalaj Saxea led from the front with both bat and ball and powered Kerala to a 9 wickets win over Andhra Pradesh in the second round of Ranji Trophy. In this match he bagged a unique record as he scored 133 runs in Kerala's first innings and later picked 8 wickets for just 45 runs and thus became the first and only Indian player to score a hundred and take 8 wickets haul in an innings of a same first class match. Last year also he scored a hundred and took 8 wickets in an innings against Rajasthan.
Indians to score a hundred and take 8 wickets in an innings of a first class match -
101 runs & 9/61 - Chandra Sarwate (Holkar) vs Mysore, 1945/46
158 runs & 8/33 - Ravinder Pandit (Jammu and Kashmir) vs Services, 1986/87
105* runs & 8/85 - Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) vs Rajasthan, 2017/18
133 runs & 8/45 - Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) vs Andhra Pradesh, 2018/19
Players to score a hundred and take 8 wickets in an innings of a first class match most times -
3 - George Giffen (Australia)
3 - WG Grace (England)
2 - Frank Tarrant (Australia)
2 - Jonny Briggs (England)
2 - Frank Woolley (England)
2 - Jalaj Saxena (India)