Ishwar Pandey


Ishwar Chand Pandey is an Indian cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who was the leading wicket-taker of the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy. He has played for India A and was selected in the Indian Test and ODI squads for the New Zealand tour of 2014. He was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in 2014 IPL auction for Rs 1.5 crores. Then he represented Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016 and 2017 edition of IPL but never managed to play any game in the second season with Pune.

Early life

Pandey was born in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. His father is retired Junior officer of the Indian Army. He has received training from MRF Pace Academy in Chennai.

Career

Pandey made his first-class debut for Madhya Pradesh against Goa in November 2010. He played three matches in that season's Ranji Trophy, taking 9 wickets at an average of 27. In the 2011/12 season of Ranji Trophy, Pandey picked 25 wickets from six games at an average of 29 and a best of 6/31. In the following Ranji season, Pandey topped the wicket-takers' list with 48 wickets from eight matches, averaging just over 21, with 5 five-wicket hauls and a ten-wicket haul. In a match against Bengal that season, Pandey single-handedly took Madhya Pradesh to an improbable win with figures of 5/87 and 5/58. Following this, Pandey was selected for the India A squad to play the touring England team, and the Rest of India squad against Mumbai for the 2013 Irani Cup. He was signed up by Pune Warriors for the 2013 season of the Indian Premier League.
In August 2013, playing for India A, Pandey had figures of 4/46 and 3/25 in the first unofficial test at Rustenburg against South Africa A as India A registered an innings victory. In the second unofficial test which South Africa A won, he had figures of 3/67 and 1/16. He finished as the joint highest wicket-taker of the series. He is regularJ member of CSK in IPL 2015.
In January 2016 he took a hat-trick in the Twenty20 match between Madhya Pradesh and Andhra in the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.