Rajiv Kumar (born 2 December 1976) is an Indian former first-class

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

. He currently works as the head coach of Jharkhand and fielding coach for

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Rajiv also captained former Indian captain

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in first class career

Career

A right-handed batsman, Kumar appeared for Bihar between 1994/95 and 2003/04 seasons, as well as Jharkhand between 2004/05 and 2010/11. He also played in 1998 for India 'A against Australia, He was also part of the India A team touring Holland in 1999. He was the third highest run-getter of the

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with 805 runs at an average of 57.50 including three centuries. After Jharkhand replaced Bihar in domestic cricket in 2004/05, Kumar continued his career with the new team. He played for East Zone and Wills' XI as well and captained Jharkhand in a few matches. In late 2007, he joined the rebel

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(ICL) and played for Royal Bengal Tigers (Kolkata Tigers) until the next season. He returned to domestic cricket accepting BCCI's amnesty offer for ICL players. He played his last competitive match in December 2010. Kumar became the Jharkhand under-19 coach in 2014. Ahead of the 2015/16 season, the

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named Kumar as the head coach of Jharkhand senior team, replacing V. Venkatram at the position.

Coaching career

He was appointed as Fielding coach for

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Rajiv 1976 births Living people Indian cricketers Bihar cricketers Jharkhand cricketers East Zone cricketers Indian cricket coaches Cricketers from Patna Royal Bengal Tigers cricketers