Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey (born 20 June 1972) is a former

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er who played in two Test matches and three

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s between 1996 and 1998.

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

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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. 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

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in Indian domestic circuit and took them to the finals of the Ranji Trophy, after a gap of 16 years. He was also the coach of Maharashtra, Baroda and Vidarbha. He was the assistant coach of the

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in the

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for four years. He was the bowling coach for both India A team and U19 Indian cricket team until November 2021.Mhambrey appointed India A bowling coach
/ref> In November 2021, he was appointed as bowling coach of the Indian national cricket team.

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* 1972 births Living people Indian cricketers India Test cricketers India One Day International cricketers Mumbai cricketers Cricketers from Mumbai West Zone cricketers Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Indian cricket coaches Commonwealth Games competitors for India {{India-cricket-bio-1970s-stub