[1] He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman, and also opened the innings a few times for the Indian cricket team.

[2][3] At the age of 32, Prabhakar played his last ODI against Sri Lanka in the 1996 Cricket World Cup in Delhi.

[6] In December 2015, he was named as bowling coach of Afghanistan cricket team ahead of 2016 ICC World Twenty20 that was played in India in March 2016.

However, he was then charged by the BCCI with involvement in match fixing and subsequently banned from playing cricket for the Indian team.

[10] In 2011, he was dismissed from his coaching role with the Delhi cricket team after he publicly criticized the players and selectors.

[13] A Bollywood film Azhar released in 2016, directed by Tony D'Souza, was based on his teammate Mohammad Azharuddin's life and revolves around Match fixing scandals in late 90s and 2000.