India, June 20 -- Former India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey is no stranger to transitions in Indian Test sides. He himself was part of the transition lot in 1996 when India toured England and handed debuts to as many as six youngsters in the three-match series. Mhambrey was part of the first lot, along with Venkatesh Prasad, Sunil Joshi and Vikram Rathour, to get their Test caps in the first match in Birmingham. Mhambrey played only one more Test and three ODIs after that but he went on to become one of the greats of Mumbai cricket, winning five titles in his tenure.

The right-arm medium pacer took up coaching after announcing retirement and immediately succeeded in domestic cricket with Bengal. He then went on to coach the India A team ...