He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Goa. Rajesh"s first cricketing appearances came for the Karnataka Under-19s team, during the 1992-1993 Cooch Behar Trophy, though he played no further competitive cricket until 1999. Rajesh played in the Gold Cup tournament between the 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 seasons.
Rajesh made two first-class appearances, during the 2003-2004 season, his debut coming against Orissa.
Playing as a tailender, he scored a total of 15 runs in his two debut innings, but in his second, and final, match, scored a duck in his first innings and four runs in his second.