Ashok Malhotra

Ashok Malhotra
Personal information
Full name	Ashok Omprakash Malhotra
Born	26 January 1957 (age 67); Amritsar, Punjab, India
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	India;
Test debut (cap 155)	13 January 1982 v England
Last Test	31 January 1985 v England
ODI debut (cap 40)	27 January 1982 v England
Last ODI	5 February 1986 v Australia
Career statistics
	Source: [1], 4 February 2006

Ashok Omprakash Malhotra pronunciation (help·info) (born 26 January 1957) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 7 Tests and 20 ODIs from 1982 to 1986. He used to be the highest scorer in Ranji trophy at one time. He was also said to be the next Viswanath in Indian Cricket.In the early 1990s, he was an overseas professional at Dunfermline Cricket Club in Fife, Scotland. During his time in Fife he became a big fan of Dunfermline Athletic FC (a good Pars boy). He has opened a cricket coaching centre namely Ashok Malhotra Cricket Academy which has around 300 students. He is one of the very few level 3 coaches in India.

A Level III coach, Malhotra briefly coached Team India in acting capacity when John Wright had gone to New Zealand ahead of a triangular series in Dhaka in 2003 besides coaching India 'A'.

On 22 July 2013, Malhotra was named coach of the Bengal senior cricket team.

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