Pradeep Jain
Personal information
Born (1965-05-22) 22 May 1965
Delhi, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1986/87–1989/90Delhi
1990/91–2000/01Haryana
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 93 39
Runs scored 1,029 126
Batting average 14.49 12.60
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 57 30*
Balls bowled 20,769 2,089
Wickets 348 53
Bowling average 23.49 23.16
5 wickets in innings 21 0
10 wickets in match 5 n/a
Best bowling 8/67 4/51
Catches/stumpings 53/– 12/–
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

  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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