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Full name Manoj Prabhakar
Born April 15, 1963, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 45 years 217 days
Major teams India,Delhi,Durham
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
39
58
9
1600
120
32.65
1
9
4
20
0
ODIs
130
98
21
1858
106
24.12
3083
60.26
2
11
27
0
First-class
154
214
34
7469
229*
41.49
20
30
74
0
List A
214
176
35
4118
117*
29.20
4
25
49
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
39
68
7475
3581
96
6/132
6/92
37.30
2.87
77.8
4
3
0
ODIs
130
127
6360
4534
157
5/33
5/33
28.87
4.27
40.5
4
2
0
First-class
154
24116
11134
385
7/65
28.91
2.77
62.6
10
1
List A
214
10317
7116
269
5/33
5/33
26.45
4.13
38.3
9
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Delhi, Dec 12-17, 1984 scorecard
Last Test
India v New Zealand at Cuttack, Nov 8-12, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 8, 1984 scorecard
Manoj Prabhakar was a regular in the Indian side in the early 1990s. His bowling was his strongest suit; Prabhakar mixed cunning slower balls with in- and outswing, and on his day he could be a formidable opponent with the new ball. He once bowled Kepler Wessels for 0 in consecutive Tests - the only ducks Wessels bagged for South Africa in Tests or one-dayers - although he'd be less likely to tell his grandchildren that he was Allan Lamb's only Test wicket. Generally Prabhakar was a useful lower-order batsman, who was turned into a defensive, platform-laying opener to good effect against England in 1992-93. India won only one of Prabhakar's first 23 Tests, then 10 of his last 16, but his career ended in ignominy when he was booed on his home ground at Delhi after getting slaughtered (4-0-47-0) against Sri Lanka in the 1995-96 World Cup. Prabhakar was dropped for the next match and immediately retired. His attempts to implicate others in the match-fixing controversy backfired when he was banned himself for his own alleged involvement. He continued to stay in the news by entering politics and standing unsuccessfully for Parliament.
Rob Smyth
