Pradeep Sangwan
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Pradeep Sangwan is an India
India
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n cricket
Cricket
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er, who represents Delhi
Delhi cricket team
The Delhi cricket team is one of the first-class cricket teams, that plays in India's domestic competition, the Ranji Trophy. They have won the tournament seven times and have been runners-up seven. Their latest title in 2007-08 came after a long wait of 16 years. The previous win was in the...

 in first-class cricket
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Career

Sangwan is a left arm medium pace
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 bowler. He is quite handy with the bat as well.

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
2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup
The 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia from February 17, 2008 to March 2, 2008. The opening ceremony took place on February 15, 2008. The final was played between India and South Africa, which India won by 12 runs by D/L Method....

 held in Malaysia in 2008 and bowled several incisive spells with the new ball. He took 8 wickets, including a spell of 5-44 that was crucial in India's victory against South Africa in the group stages.

Indian Premier League

Sangwan was the first U-19 pick at the inaugural IPL draft, and was bought by the Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Daredevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League in cricket. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group.-Franchise history:...

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He has been picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. Sourav Ganguly led the team in IPL1 and IPL3, Brendon McCullum in IPL2, and Gautam Gambhir in IPL4...

 in the 4th Season of IPL(2011).

Ranji Trophy

In his debut season of the Ranji trophy
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...

 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 Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh cricket team
The Uttar Pradesh cricket team is a cricket team which is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The team competes in the Ranji Trophy and won the tournament in 2005-06. They have only won 1 Ranji Trophy and have been runner-up twice. Young talents such as Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Piyush...

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