Pradeep Jain

{{Short description|Indian cricketer and coach (born 1965)}}

{{distinguish|Pradeep Jain Aditya}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Pradeep Jain

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| country = India

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|5|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Delhi, India

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Delhi

| year1 = 1986/87–1989/90

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| club2 = Haryana

| year2 = 1990/91–2000/01

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| columns = 2

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 93

| runs1 = 1,029

| bat avg1 = 14.49

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 57

| deliveries1 = 20,769

| wickets1 = 348

| bowl avg1 = 23.49

| fivefor1 = 21

| tenfor1 = 5

| best bowling1 = 8/67

| catches/stumpings1 = 53/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 39

| runs2 = 126

| bat avg2 = 12.60

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 30*

| deliveries2 = 2,089

| wickets2 = 53

| bowl avg2 = 23.16

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = n/a

| best bowling2 = 4/51

| catches/stumpings2 = 12/–

| date = 17 January

| year = 2016

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/29658.html ESPNcricinfo

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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.{{cite web|title=Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1993/94 (Ordered by Wickets)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1993-94/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 January 2016}} He was the fourth highest-wicket taker of 1996–97 Ranji Trophy in which he took 44 wickets at 19.61 a piece.{{cite web|title=Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1996/97 (Ordered by Wickets)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1996-97/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 January 2016}} In the following Ranji season, he finished third on the wicket-takers list with 44 wickets to his name.{{cite web|title=Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1997/98 (Ordered by Wickets)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1997-98/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 January 2016}}

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.{{cite web|title=Maninder's cricket academy|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/08/stories/2005040805881800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051207032647/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/08/stories/2005040805881800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2005|work=The Hindu|date=2005-04-08|accessdate=17 January 2016}} He also became one of the coaches of the Dronacharya Cricket Foundation in Delhi started by Gurcharan Singh.{{cite web|title=Dronacharya Cricket Foundation|url=http://www.dronacharyacricketfoundation.com/profile.html|publisher=dronacharyacricketfoundation.com|accessdate=17 January 2016}}

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