Manoj Prabhakar (born 15 April 1963) is a retired Indian cricket player. He played as a lower-order batsman, and right-arm medium-pace bowler, and occasionally started the innings for his country’s cricket team until retiring in 1996. Prabhakar has been accused of participating in match-fixing by the BCCI and disqualified from playing cricket for the Indian side.
Manoj Prabhakar, an Indian right-arm medium-pace bowler who debuted in an ODI in April 1984 in Sharjah against Sri Lanka, proved to be a useful batter later down the order. He had match stats of 10-3-16-2, signifying the immediate impact he made. In the Test team for the England home series, Prabhakar made his international debut at his home field, Feroz Shah Kotla. In addition, he represented Delhi in first-class cricket, appearing in over 150 matches and scoring 7469 runs, with the best score of 229, and taking 385 wickets.
Manoj Prabhakar Biography:
- Real Name: Manoj Prabhakar
- Other/Nickname: Manoj
- Profession: Former Indian Cricketer
- Famous for: All-rounder
- Best Performance: Century in tests against West Indies in Mohali
- Manoj Prabhakar Net Worth: $5 Million
- Manoj Prabhakar Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/pmanojprabakar/?hl=en
- Eye Colour: Black
- Hair Colour: Black
- Date Of Birth: April 15th, 1963
- Nationality: Indian
Manoj Prabhakar Family Statistics:
- Marital Status: Married
- Wife: Farheen, Current marriage and Sandhya (ex-wife)
- Children: Raahil Prabhakar and Manavansh Prabhakar also Rohan Prabhakar, from a previous marriage with Sandhya.
- Religion: Hindu
- Other Hobbies: Reading, Photography, Learning and Traveling
Manoj Prabhakar Career Statistics:
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- Test Debut: 12 December 1984 v England
- ODI Debut: 8 April 1984 v Sri Lanka
Manoj Prabhakar Achievements:
- Manoj Prabhakar was awarded the “Arjuna Award” in the year 1993.
- While playing for Delhi, Prabhakar recorded 96 Test wickets, 157 One Day International wickets, and more than 385 first-class wickets.
- Prabhakar has also held the position of the head coach of the Rajasthan cricket team and as the bowling coach for the Delhi cricket team.
- Prior to the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, which was staged in India in March 2016, he was also chosen as the bowling coach of the Afghanistan cricket team in December 2015.
- In both Test and ODI matches, Manoj Prabhakar holds the world record for most games played as the opening batsman or opening bowler.
- Prabhakar will continue to be remembered for his bowling, which was one of his strongest skills. He opened the bowling for the Indian cricket team and used slower balls, outswingers, and other bowling approaches.
Lesser known facts about Manoj Prabhakar:
- Prabhakar is claimed to play a part in a 1999 Tehelka news organization expose on match-fixing. He was, however, afterward accused of participating in match-fixing by the BCCI and disqualified from playing cricket for the Indian side.
- He was ousted from his position as coach of the Delhi cricket team in 2011 after he made public critiques of the players and selectors.
- Prabhakar joined the Congress party and campaigned in the 1996 elections from Delhi for the Indian Parliament, which proved to be an unsuccessful attempt.
- Based on the life of his teammate Mohammad Azharuddin, the 2016 Bollywood film Azhar, directed by Tony D’Souza, centers on match-fixing scandals in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In the movie, Karanvir Sharma played the part of Prabhakar. The Times of India reported that Prabhakar was dissatisfied since the movie painted a negative picture of him.
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