Manoj Prabhakar

Manoj Prabhakar

India

Full name Manoj Prabhakar
Born April 15, 1963, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 43 years 319 days
Major teams India, Delhi, Durham
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Statsguru

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	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	39	7475	3581	96	6/132	6/92	37.30	2.87	77.86	4	3	0
ODIs	130	6360	4534	157	5/33	5/33	28.87	4.27	40.50	4	2	0
First-class	154	24116	11134	385	7/65		28.91	2.77	62.63		10	1
List A	214	10317	7116	269	5/33	5/33	26.45	4.13	38.35	9	2	0

Career statistics
Test debut	India v England at Delhi - Dec 12-17, 1984
Last Test	India v New Zealand at Cuttack - Nov 8-12, 1995
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - Apr 8, 1984
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Delhi - Mar 2, 1996
First-class span	1982/83 - 1996/97
List A span	1982/83 - 1996/97

Profile

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.