Nickname Vara 1987/88–1999/00 Bihar 441 59 Bowling style Left-arm orthodox spin | Role Bowler 54 27 Batting style Right-handed Other name Vara | |
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Full name Kasireddi Var Prasad Rao Born 15 July 1963 (age 53) ( 1963-07-15 ) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (formerly Bihar), India | ||
Kasireddi Var Prasad Rao (born 15 July 1968), 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.
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. 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. 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.