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. Manager KVP Rao, in charge of domestic cricket, has been sacked by the BCCI in an AGM, dated 24th Dec 2020. BCCI has terminated KVP Rao from all cricket operations.

K. V. P. Rao
Personal information
Full name
Kasireddi Var Prasad Rao
Born (1965-11-21) 21 November 1965 (age 58)
Jamshedpur, Bihar (now Jharkhand, India
NicknameVara
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1987/88–1999/00Bihar
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 54 27
Runs scored 441 59
Batting average 9.18 6.55
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 72 11
Balls bowled 13,065 2,054
Wickets 212 38
Bowling average 24.13 25.07
5 wickets in innings 15 1
10 wickets in match 3 n/a
Best bowling 7/74 5/24
Catches/stumpings 32/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 January 2016

Life and career

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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.[citation needed] In 2015, he was named in a five-man ad-hoc panel to oversee cricket affairs in the state of Uttarakhand.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1994/95 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. ^ "BCCI berth for former skipper". The Telegraph, Calcutta. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ^ "BCCI forms ad-hoc committees to run cricket in Bihar, Uttarakhand". Rediff. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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