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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = K. V. P. Rao<br />
| fullname = Kasireddi Var Prasad Rao<br />
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| country = India<br />
| nickname = Vara<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|11|21|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jamshedpur]], [[Bihar]] (now [[Jharkhand]], India<br />
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| heightft = <br />
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| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]<br />
| role = Bowler<br />
| club1 = [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]<br />
| year1 = 1987/88–1999/00<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 54<br />
| runs1 = 441<br />
| bat avg1 = 9.18<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1<br />
| top score1 = 72<br />
| deliveries1 = 13,065<br />
| wickets1 = 212<br />
| bowl avg1 = 24.13<br />
| fivefor1 = 15<br />
| tenfor1 = 3<br />
| best bowling1 = 7/74<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 32/–<br />
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]<br />
| matches2 = 27<br />
| runs2 = 59<br />
| bat avg2 = 6.55<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
| top score2 = 11<br />
| deliveries2 = 2,054<br />
| wickets2 = 38<br />
| bowl avg2 = 25.07<br />
| fivefor2 = 1<br />
| tenfor2 = n/a<br />
| best bowling2 = 5/24<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 12/–<br />
| date = 10 January<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33102.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
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'''Kasireddi Var Prasad Rao''' (born 11 November 1965), commonly known as '''K. V. P. Rao''', is a former Indian [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er who played for [[Bihar cricket team|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.<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
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 haul]]s and two [[ten-wicket haul]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1994/95 (Ordered by Wickets)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1994-95/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> He captained Bihar from 1996 to 1998.<br />
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A level-3 cricket coach, Rao was appointed by the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] as its game development manager in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=BCCI berth for former skipper|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101111/jsp/jharkhand/story_13163150.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph, Calcutta|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> He became an administrator of the [[National Cricket Academy]] in 2013.{{cn|date=March 2020}} In 2015, he was named in a five-man ad-hoc panel to oversee cricket affairs in the state of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BCCI forms ad-hoc committees to run cricket in Bihar, Uttarakhand|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/bcci-forms-ad-hoc-committees-to-run-cricket-in-bihar-uttarakhand-india/20150807.htm|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/33102.html}}<br />
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/7/7559/7559.html}}<br />
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