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Pradeep Jain

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.

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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

  1. "Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1993/94 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. "Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1996/97 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. "Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1997/98 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. "Maninder's cricket academy". The Hindu. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 7 December 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. "Dronacharya Cricket Foundation". dronacharyacricketfoundation.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

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