Paras Mhambrey

Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey pronunciation^ⓘ (born 20 June 1972) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches and three One Day Internationals between 1996 and 1998.

Paras Mhambrey

Personal information
Full name	Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey
Born	(1972-06-20) 20 June 1972 (age 53) Bombay, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI Matches 2 3 Runs scored 58 7 Batting average 29.00 2.5 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 28 7 Balls bowled 258 126 Wickets 2 3 Bowling average 74.00 40.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/43 2/69 Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 4 February 2006

Playing career

In 1993–94, Mhambrey made his debut took 30 wickets at 23.77 apiece and selected to the India A side in the next season.

Mhambrey made his debut against England at Edgbaston as a third seamer in 1996 and picked up Michael Atherton as his first wicket, however he could not do much with the ball and ended up with only 2 wickets in his only series.^[1] He was also selected as the overseas player for North Maidenhead CC.

Coaching career

Paras Mhambrey secured a Level-3 coaching diploma from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore.

He was the coach of the cricket team of Bengal in Indian domestic circuit and took them to the finals of the Ranji Trophy, after a gap of 16 years.^[2] He was also the coach of Maharashtra, Baroda and Vidarbha.^[3] He was the assistant coach of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League for four years.^[4]

He was the bowling coach for both India A team and U19 Indian cricket team until November 2021.^[5][6]

In November 2021, he was appointed as bowling coach of the Indian national cricket team.