Kasireddi Var Prasad Rao (born 11 November 1965), commonly known as K. V. P. Rao, is a former Indian first-class

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er who played for

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between the 1987/88 and 1999/00 seasons. After retirement, he worked in administrative roles for the

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. 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.

Life and career

During his playing career, Rao played for Bihar and East Zone, between the 1987–88 and 1999–00, as a

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bowler. He was the leading wicket-taker of

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with 36 wickets at an average of 14.75 including five

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s and two

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s. He captained Bihar from 1996 to 1998. A level-3 cricket coach, Rao was appointed by the

as its game development manager in 2010. He became an administrator of the

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in 2013. In 2015, he was named in a five-man ad-hoc panel to oversee cricket affairs in the state of

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, K. V. P. 1965 births Living people Indian cricketers Bihar cricketers East Zone cricketers Indian cricket coaches Indian cricket administrators Sportspeople from Jamshedpur Cricketers from Jharkhand