Pradeep Jain
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| Born |
22 May 1965 Delhi, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986/87–1989/90 | Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990/91–2000/01 | Haryana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 January 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pradeep Jain (born 22 May 1965) is an Indian former first-class cricketer and coach. He played for Delhi and Haryana between the 1986/87 and 2000/01 seasons. After retirement, he worked as a cricket coach.
Career
Jain was a slow left-arm orthodox spinner who played for Delhi for four seasons from 1986/87 to 1989/90, before his 11-year stint with Haryana. He appeared in a total of 93 first-class and 39 List A matches, some of them for North Zone and Board President's XI. He had a successful time during his career with Haryana, finishing as the leading wicket-taker of the 1993–94 Ranji Trophy with 46 scalps at an average of 17.69 including six five-wicket hauls and two ten-wicket hauls.[1] He was the fourth highest-wicket taker of 1996–97 Ranji Trophy in which he took 44 wickets at 19.61 a piece.[2] In the following Ranji season, he finished third on the wicket-takers list with 44 wickets to his name.[3]
After retiring, Jain took up the job of cricket coaching. In 2005, he became one of the coaches of the National Sports Club of India's newly started cricket academy.[4] He also became one of the coaches of the Dronacharya Cricket Foundation in Delhi started by Gurcharan Singh.[5]
References
- ↑ "Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1993/94 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ "Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1996/97 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ "Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1997/98 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ "Maninder's cricket academy". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ "Dronacharya Cricket Foundation". dronacharyacricketfoundation.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.