Yarra Prithvi Raj (born 20 February 1998) is an Indian

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er. He plays for Andhra as a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He made his first-class debut for

Andhra Andhra Pradesh (ISO: , , AP) is a state on the east coast of southern India. It is the seventh-largest state and the tenth-most populous in the country. Telugu is the most widely spoken language in the state, as well as its official lang ...

in the

2017–18 Ranji Trophy The 2017–18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 2017 and January 2018. Vidarbha won the tournament, beating Delhi by 9 wickets in the final, ...

on 6 October 2017. In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Red for the

2018–19 Duleep Trophy The 2018–19 Duleep Trophy was the 57th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India, which took place in August and September 2018. India Red were the defending champions. All of the matches took place at the NPR C ...

. He made his

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debut for Andhra in the

2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy The 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 26th edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. Karnataka were the defending champions. It was contested by 37 domestic cricket teams of India, starting on 19 Se ...

on 15 October 2018. In December 2018, he was bought by the

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in the player auction for the

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. He made his

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debut for Andhra in the

2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy The 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the eleventh edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. Played from 24 March to 7 April 2015, it was contested by 37 Ranji Trophy teams, including the nine expansion ...

on 28 February 2019. In October 2019, he was named in India B's squad for the

2019–20 Deodhar Trophy The 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy was the 47th edition of the Deodhar Trophy, a List A cricket competition in India. It was contested between three teams selected by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It took place in October and Nove ...

. He was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.

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* 1998 births Living people Indian cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Andhra cricketers India Red cricketers Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen {{India-cricket-bio-1998-stub