Kiran Powar (born 6 April 1976), is an Indian

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. He is a left-handed

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and a right-arm offbreak bowler and is the brother of

Ramesh Powar Ramesh Rajaram Powar (born 20 May 1978) is a former Indian cricketer. Powar was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. and again he was named as India women's cricket team coach in 2021 June. Powar ...

Playing career

Powar led the U-19 team that visited

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in 1994/95 season. The series was lost 2–0 (Test matches) and 2–1 (Youth ODI). Powar was inconsistent in the series and had one score of fifty in the ODI match leading India to their sole tour victory and a century in the fourth innings of the final test that was lost to Australia. Powar made his debut in

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domestic cricket in the 1996/97 season but with the overcrowded Mumbai batting talent, moved his skills to

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in 1997/98. He represented

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in one season (2003/04) and moved to

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in 2004/05 season. He stopped playing

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in 2005/06 season but continues to play Ranji cricket.the never achieved his true potential. He never received an opportunity to play International Cricket and retired from domestic cricket after the 2003/04 season.

ICL career

He was one of the cricketer who signed for unofficial

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and one of the star for

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an ICL team.

Coaching career

In 2012, Powar was named as under-19s coach of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powar, Kiran 1976 births Living people Cricketers from Mumbai Indian cricketers Mumbai cricketers Goa cricketers Baroda cricketers Assam cricketers East Zone cricketers ICL World XI cricketers Mumbai Champs cricketers South Zone cricketers West Zone cricketers Indian cricket coaches