Ashok Omprakash Malhotra (born 26 January 1957) is a former Indian

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s from 1982 to 1986. He used to be the highest scorer in

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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

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. During his time in Fife he became a big fan of Dunfermline Athletic FC. 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 an acting capacity after John Wright had had to return to New Zealand. On 22 July 2013, Malhotra was named coach of the Bengal senior cricket team.

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