The Indian
men’s cricket team
is set to undergo a phase of transition with a new set of
coaches and if reports are to be believed then Paras Mhambrey will be appointed
as the new bowling coach as replacement for Bharat Arun. This comes after
several media outlets reported that Rahul Dravid will be the man taking over
Ravi Shastri as the head coach of the team after ICC T20 World Cup.

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The
49-year-old who is expected to be the new bowling coach was a right arm medium
pacer during his playing days and made his international debut in 1996 when
India toured England.

He shared
the dressing room with Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad who
also made their first few appearances during that time.

Paras
played just two test matches for the national team and scored 58 runs with an
average of 29 while bagging two wickets with an economy rate of 3.5 runs.

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As for his
ODI career he played three matches and managed to take 3 wickets with an average
of 40. He made his last ODI appearance against Bangladesh in 1998.

Looking at
his impressive track record in domestic tournaments it seems like Paras’s
potential was never fully utilized on the international stage.

In his domestic
career he racked 91 appearances in irst-class matches as well as 83 List-A matches.
With the bat he managed 1,665 runs while taking 284 wickets in first-class
matches. As for List-A cricket he recorded 111 wickets.

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During the 1993/94
domestic season he put up a staggering display by taking 30 wickets in just
eight games.

Mhambrey’s
career as a coach has been far more successful than the one he enjoyed as a
player. After earning his diploma in coaching from the National Cricket Academy,
Bangalore he enjoyed tenures as the coach of Mumbai (two seasons) and Bengal (reached
Ranji final twice) in the domestic circuit.

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He was a
part of Mumbai Indians’ dugout for four years and became the bowling coach of
India A in 2015.

and a
number of other happenings in the background.