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

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who played for

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

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

Board of Control for Cricket in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world ...

. 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 slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was the leading wicket-taker of

1994–95 Ranji Trophy The 1994–95 Ranji Trophy was the 61st season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between December 1994 and March 1995. Bombay won the tournament defeating Punjab in the final on first innin ...

with 36 wickets at an average of 14.75 including five

five-wicket haul In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batsman. Takin ...

s and two ten-wicket hauls. 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 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 Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

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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