Pradeep Sangwan (born 5 November 1990) is an Indian

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er, who represents

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Career

Sangwan is a left-arm

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bowler. He is quite handy with the bat as well. In Twenty20s he has achieved an average of 11.13 and a top score of 29 not out in 41 innings.

Under 15

Coached by AN Sharma, Sangwan was a member of the Delhi U-15 Team in 2005. He took 31 wickets in 6 matches and also scored 63 in a partnership of 150 for the last wicket in the final in Kolkata.

Under-19 World Cup 2008

Sangwan was a member of the victorious Indian team at the Under-19 World Cup held in

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in 2008 and bowled several incisive spells with the new ball. He was instrumental to India's success at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup, which was led by Virat Kohli. He took 8 wickets, including a spell of 5-44 that was crucial in India's victory against South Africa in the group stage. He has been named as the captain of the Delhi T20 team for the

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2018 and he replaced

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as a captain.

Indian Premier League

Sangwan was the first U-19 pick at the inaugural IPL draft, and was bought by the

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. He was picked up by

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in the 4th Season of IPL (2011). In January 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the at a sum of 1.5 crores 2018 IPL auction. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the

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for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.

Ranji Trophy

In his debut season of the Ranji trophy for Delhi in 2007–08, Sangwan took 33 wickets at an average of 19.24 and also scored 122 runs at an average of 20.33. He took 9 wickets in the final against

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Doping

Pradeep Sangwan tested positive in a random dope test conducted during the 2013 IPL season. His 'A' samples reportedly showed presence of banned substances.

References

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