Pradeep Sangwan Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Pradeep Sangwan was born on 5 November 1990 in Bhiwani, Haryana. He is an Indian cricketer and is left arm medium pace bowler. He played a major role for India in winning the U-19 World Cup. It was the same tournament in which ViratKohli was the captain. 

 

He took five wickets against South Africa in the U-19 World Cup finals. He then joined the first-class cricket during 2007 and bowled superbly. He amazed everyone with his fantastic bowling with great accuracy. Pradeep was then picked up by Delhi Daredevils and was in the team for 3 years.

 

He was then taken away from the team by Kolkata Knight Riders. After a couple of years, he got involved in doping. This was one of the darkest time of his entire cricket career. He got banned for more than a year from playing all types of competitive cricket. After this period, he did his best to be back on track by performing superbly in the Ranji tournament. 

 

With his excellent performance in the tournament, he got picked by the Gujarat Lions in the IPL season of 2016 and 2017. However, he did not get a chance to play a lot for the team. This did not make him lose his confidence as he performed amazingly in Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. This further helped him to get into the IPL tournament. 

 

In fact, he was bought for 1.5 crores INR by Mumbai Indians after a tussle with Delhi Daredevils. In his IPL career, he had played 39 matches in which he had taken 35 wickets. He had bowled at an average of more than 8.5 in the IPL. Pradeep’s best bowling figure is 3/18. His batting is not that good as he is basically a bowler. However, he has the ability to tackle and form a great partnership with set batsmen. His bowling performance in first-class matches is tremendous and has taken 5 or more wickets, 6 times. The best bowling figure of Pradeep is 7/38. Also, his economy is just 3.12 in the first-class matches. 

 

He has a lot of latent talent which will be explored by him through his consistent performance. His performance in List-A matches is amazing as well. With an economy of just over 5 in this format, Pradeep has taken 5 wickets one time by conceding 41 runs. This is his best bowling record in the List-A format as of Nov 2019. He though is one of many from Virat Kohli's U-19 team who failed to make it to the national side.