Pradeep Jain (born 22 May 1965) is an Indian former first-class

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er and coach. He played for

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and

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

between the 1986/87 and 2000/01 seasons. After retirement, he worked as a cricket coach.

Career

Jain was a

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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

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s and two

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s. He was the fourth highest-wicket taker of 1996–97 Ranji Trophy in which he took 44 wickets at 19.61 a piece. In the following Ranji season, he finished third on the wicket-takers list with 44 wickets to his name. After retiring, Jain took up the job of cricket coaching. In 2005, he became one of the coaches of the

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's newly started cricket academy. He also became one of the coaches of the Dronacharya Cricket Foundation in Delhi started by Gurcharan Singh.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jain, Pradeep 1965 births Living people Indian cricketers Delhi cricketers Haryana cricketers North Zone cricketers Indian cricket coaches Cricketers from Delhi