Top cricketers from other states who have played for Kerala

#2 Iqbal Abdulla

Iqbal Abdulla burst onto the scene during India's Under-19 World Cup triumph in 2008 under Virat Kohli. He is a classical left-arm spinner who loves tossing the ball up and extracting turn off the surface.

He has been a regular IPL player over the last few years. A smart left-arm spinner has often shown his ability in the shortest format of the game. However, before making a name as a T20 specialist, he represented Mumbai in first-class cricket for about 9 years.

In 2016, he moved to Kerala in order to get more opportunities and more game time. Overall, Abdulla has played 59 first-class games, 78 List ‘A’ games and 88 T20 matches in his career. He has taken over 350 wickets in all forms of domestic cricket. He last played for Kerala in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in early 2017. However, he was last seen playing in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League earlier this year.

#1 Jalaj Saxena

Over the years, Jalaj Saxena has been one of the most underrated all-rounders going around in the Indian domestic circuit. It was in the 2016-17 season that he ended his association with his state of birth Madhya Pradesh (where he played for more than a decade) and moved to Kerala for professional cricket.

He had a phenomenal Ranji season last year. He finished as the highest wicket-taker in the tournament (44 wickets at 17.11) and also returned as the second highest run-getter for Kerala (522 runs at 52.20).

He had a very good Vijay Hazare Trophy this year as well. He was once again Kerala’s standout player. In 6 innings, he took 12 wickets and scored 198 runs. Thus, he’s become an absolutely vital player for Kerala in the last couple of years and his move from Madhya Pradesh has been a fruitful one.