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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Kishan Rungta<br />
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| country = India<br />
| fullname = Kishan Mahabirprasad Rungta<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|9|3|df=n}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bagar, Jhunjhunu|Bagar]], [[Rajasthan]], India<ref name="Kishan Rungta Profile">{{cite news|title=Kishan Rungta Profile|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|year=2012|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33737.html}}</ref><br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|5|1|1932|9|3|df=y}}| death_place = [[Jaipur]], Rajasthan <br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
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| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right arm medium<br />
| club1 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]<br />
| year1 = 1953–1954<br />
| club2 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]<br />
| year2 = 1956–1970<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 59<br />
| runs1 = 2,717<br />
| bat avg1 = 32.73<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 5/15<br />
| top score1 = 130<br />
| deliveries1 = n/a<br />
| wickets1 = 9<br />
| bowl avg1 = 20.22<br />
| fivefor1 = 1<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 5/14<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 47/0<br />
| date = -<br />
| year = -<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33737.html<br />
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'''Kishan Rungta''' (3 September 1932 &ndash; 1 May 2021) was an Indian [[cricket]]er and administrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1262743.html |title=Covid-19: Remembering the ones we have lost |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><br />
==Life==<br />
Rungta played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] and [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] from 1953 to 1970.<ref name=" Kishan Rungta Profile " /><ref name="Selection Committee Announcement">{{cite news|title=Selection Committee Announcement|publisher=Rediff|year=1998|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/mar/17b.htm}}</ref> He served as the Indian national cricket selector from March 1998 to September 1998. His elder brother Purushotham went onto serve as [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] treasurer in 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former national selector and Rajasthan skipper Kishan Rungta dies of COVID-19|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2021/may/02/former-national-selector-and-rajasthan-skipper-kishan-rungta-dies-of-covid-19-2297570.html|access-date=2 May 2021|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Kishan died due to [[COVID-19]] at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite news|others=PTI|date=2 May 2021|title=Former national selector Kishan Rungta dies of COVID-19|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/former-national-selector-kishan-rungta-dies-of-covid-19/article34463261.ece|access-date=2 May 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was hospitalized in [[Jaipur]] after being tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|last=2 May|first=PTI /|last2=2021|last3=Ist|first3=12:36|title=Former BCCI selector Kishan Rungta dies of Covid-19 {{!}} Cricket News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/former-bcci-selector-kishan-rungta-dies-of-covid-19/articleshow/82353255.cms|access-date=2 May 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Indian national cricket selectors]]<br />
*[[:Category:Indian cricketers|Indian cricketers]]<br />
*[[Cricket in India]]<br />
*[[India national women's cricket team]]<br />
*[[Indian Premier League]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/40/40729/40729.html Kishan Rungta] at CricketArchive<br />
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