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                        SUNDAY, september 8, 2013

Born on August 15, 1989 in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, Ishwar Chand Pandey is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket.
He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who was the leading wicket-taker of the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy. He is a right-arm medium fast bowler and a right-handed lower-order batsman. He plays for Madhya Pradesh in Domestic Circuit and represented Pune Warriors in IPL Season-6.
Pandey has played 19 First-Class matches and has taken 86 wickets with an average of 24.76 by bowling 4367 balls. Ishwar has played 14 List-A matches and has taken 17 wickets in 736 balls, with an average of 31.64, while in 4 T20 matches, he has taken 4 wickets, with 27.50 as his average.
Batting lower down in order, Pandey has scored 208 runs in 19 First-Class matches.
He has the distinction of having six 5-wicket hauls in an innings and one 10-wicket haul in a match. His best bowling figures in First-Class matches has been 6/31, in List-A matches 4/44 and in T20 matches, it has been 2/26.
Recently, Ishwar Pandey toured South Africa with India-A team and was a stand-out performer there. He took good number of wickets in all the matches, he played and received praise from the team coach, Lal Chand Rajput, who pinned him as the future hope of Indian fast bowling. His splendid show with the ball against South Africa-A team, may force the National selectors to pick him for India’s tour to South Africa in December, 2013.

 

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Questions of this week:
1.  Name India-A player who missed double century against New Zealand-A in the ongoing series in India?
2.  For which team Vijay Zol played in Indian Premier League Season-6?
3.  When 2-Test and 5 One-Day Series between India and West India will begin in India?
4.  Who bagged double gold in Under-19 boys Breast Stroke in the Inter-Division Swimming Competition, organized by DYSS at KC School recently?
5.  Who is Rodger Federer?
Answers of the last week:
1. 121 runs 2. Mumbai Indians 3. Vijay Zol 4.Ronjan Sodhi 5. former Indian cricketer and coach.
The best entry of this week was received from Tushar Mahajan, H No-55, Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu,
The other entries of the week were from Piyush Bhat of Qrt No-21, Block-G, Buta Nagar, Jammu, Paras Sharma, Pucca Danga, Jammu, Sanjay Dhar from Lane No 1, H No 3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Jammu, Rajeev Kumar, Talab Tilloo, Jammu, Ramesh Singh of Samba and Rahul Choudhary of Sari Rakwal, Ghou Manasan Road, Jammu.

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