The Indian men’s cricket team will have a new set of coaches after the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Many fans would know by now that Ravi Shastri will not continue as the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team. According to Times of India, Rahul Dravid is all set to replace Shastri as the head coach. Also, Paras Mhambrey will reportedly take over as the new bowling coach of the Indian men’s cricket team.
While Dravid is a former Indian cricket team captain, Mhambrey did not play much international cricket. The upcoming bowling coach of the Indian cricket team was a right-arm medium pacer. He was born on June 20, 1972 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Many Indian fans would remember that Paras Mhambrey made his Test debut for the Indian team on the same tour of England where Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad started their Test careers.
Mhambrey played two Test matches for the Indian cricket team, scoring 58 runs at an average of 29. His highest score in red-ball cricket was 28. The right-handed batter smashed eight fours in Test cricket. Talking about his numbers in the bowling department, Paras scalped two wickets at a strike rate of 129. His economy rate in Test cricket was close to 3.5 runs per over.
How many ODI matches did Paras Mhambrey play for India?
Paras Mhambrey played a total of three ODI matches for the Indian cricket team. He picked up three wickets at an average of 40. His best bowling figures were 2/69. Paras played his last ODI against Bangladesh in 1998.
Shedding some light on his numbers in domestic cricket, Paras played 91 first-class matches and 83 List-A matches. He scored 1,665 runs and took 284 wickets in first-class cricket, while he aggregated 242 runs and scalped 111 wickets in List-A cricket.
