Career
He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman who also opened the innings sometimes for the Indian cricket team until his retirement in 1996. Prabhakar took 96 wickets in Test cricket, 157 wickets in One Day Internationals, and over 385 first class wickets playing for Delhi. He has also played for Durham.
Prabhakar is remembered for his bowling which was his strongest suit.
Using slower balls, and outswingers and opening the bowling. He was also a useful lower-order batsman and a defensive opener.
As a Player
Prabhakar regularly opened India"s batting and the bowling in the same match, one of the few players to do so consistently at international level He struggled to bowl well in the match and had to bowl off-spin in the last two overs.
The crowd booed him off the ground.
After 1996 World Cup, he was not selected for the Indian team"s tour of England and retired. As a Coach
Prabhakar served as the Delhi cricket team"s bowling coach and as the head coach of the Rajasthan cricket team In November 2011, he was sacked as the coach of Delhi for speaking against the management and the team in media.
In December 2015, he was named as bowling coach of Afghanistan cricket team ahead of 2016 Interstate Commerce Commission World Twenty20 that is to be played in India in March 2016.
In 1999, Prabhakar participated in Tehelka"s expose of match-fixing, but was himself charged of involvement and subsequently banned by the BCCI from playing cricket. He was dismissed from his coaching role with the Delhi cricket team in 2011 after he publicly criticized the players and selectors.