Manoj Prabhakar, born on 15th April 1963, was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and primarily a lower-order batsman. Manoj Prabhakar is an ex-Indian cricketer from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, who has pocketed fair number of wickets for India. The Test cricket figure is 96 wickets, that in One-Day Internationals is 157, and finally, in first-class cricket the wickets collected are 385 plus. He excelled in bowling, especially known for his slow bowling and out swingers. He used to open the bowling innings for India during his playing days.
Cricket Career of Manoj Prabhakar
This classy bowler had also the prowess to serve not only as a lower-order batsman, but also sometimes as an opening batsman, aptly fortifying his team. In 1992-93, Manoj Prabhakar established his place strong for India in the series against England. He had bowled the renowned Kepler Wessels for nought in successive Tests. These two ducks were the only ducks that the Wessels of South Africa had procured throughout their career, be it in Test or One-Day International.
India had emerged victorious in merely one Test out of the first 23 Tests, and later 10 among the 16 Tests, that he played.
Despair overtook him, when he was criticized on his home field at Delhi for his poor performance. He gave though, mistakenly, 4-0-47-0 in the 1995-96 World Cup. Prabhakar was excluded for the next match and ultimately he retired.
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 |
He also entered politics, though it was a dimly successful venture. Manoj Prabhakar, was a fairly good player, favouring Indian cricket to a considerable extent.
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