K. V. P. Rao
Kasireddi Var Prasad Rao (born 11 November 1965), commonly known as K. V. P. Rao, is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Bihar between the 1987/88 and 1999/00 seasons. After retirement, he worked in administrative roles for the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
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| Full name | Kasireddi Var Prasad Rao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 1965 Jamshedpur, Bihar (now Jharkhand, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Vara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987/88–1999/00 | Bihar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
During his playing career, Rao played for Bihar and East Zone, between the 1987–88 and 1999-00, as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was the leading wicket-taker of 1994–95 Ranji Trophy with 36 wickets at an average of 14.75 including five five-wicket hauls and two ten-wicket hauls.[1] He captained Bihar from 1996 to 1998.
A level-3 cricket coach, Rao was appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India as its game development manager in 2010.[2] He became an administrator of the National Cricket Academy in 2013. In 2015, he was named in a five-man ad-hoc panel to oversee cricket affairs in the state of Uttarakhand.[3]
References
- "Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1994/95 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- "BCCI berth for former skipper". The Telegraph, Calcutta. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- "BCCI forms ad-hoc committees to run cricket in Bihar, Uttarakhand". Rediff. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
External links
- K. V. P. Rao at ESPNcricinfo
- K. V. P. Rao at CricketArchive (subscription required)