Pradeep Jain should not be confused with Pradeep Jain Aditya.
| Pradeep Jain | |
| Country: | India |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Delhi, India |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | Delhi |
| Year1: | 1986/87–1989/90 |
| Club2: | Haryana |
| Year2: | 1990/91–2000/01 |
| 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 |
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.
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]