India's First Asia Cup Squad: Where Are They Now?
Some stalwarts of India's first-ever Asia Cup squad also served the Indian cricket team as coaches.
10. Manoj Prabhakar
A 20-year-old Manoj Prabhakar contributed a couple of wickets in India’s Asia Cup trophy win. Against Sri Lanka, he bowled an economical and wicket-taking spell (10-3-16-2) to help India restrict the opponents to a mere 96. Prabhakar played his last game for India in March 1996 against Sri Lanka in Delhi.
In 1996, he got charged by the BCCI for match-fixing and later got banned as well. Prabhakar also provided his services to the Delhi cricket team as a bowling coach. After serving Delhi, he also served the Rajasthan cricket team as their head coach. The Afghanistan cricket team signed him as a bowling coach for the T20 World Cup 2016 in India.
From August 2022 to December 2022, he also coached the Nepal cricket team. For a few years, Prabhakar also joined a popular news media firm as a cricket expert alongside his former Indian cricket team’s colleague Vinod Kambli.
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