Malolan Rangarajan Explained

Malolan Rangarajan
Country:India
Birth Date:22 April 1989
Birth Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Heightft:6
Heightinch:0
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm off break
Role:Bowling all-rounder
Club1:Tamil Nadu
Year1:2011–2018
Club2:Uttarakhand
Year2:2018–2019
Columns:3
Column1:FC
Matches1:47
Runs1:1,379
Bat Avg1:28.14
100S/50S1:1/7
Top Score1:131
Deliveries1:8,069
Wickets1:136
Bowl Avg1:28.98
Fivefor1:5
Tenfor1:1
Best Bowling1:7/135
Catches/Stumpings1:15/–
Column2:LA
Matches2:10
Runs2:123
Bat Avg2:24.60
100S/50S2:0/1
Top Score2:50
Deliveries2:495
Wickets2:10
Bowl Avg2:30.30
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:2/12
Catches/Stumpings2:3/–
Column3:T20
Matches3:2
Runs3:28
Bat Avg3:14.00
100S/50S3:0/0
Top Score3:27
Deliveries3:30
Wickets3:0
Bowl Avg3:
Fivefor3:
Tenfor3:
Best Bowling3:
Catches/Stumpings3:0/–
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/423951.html ESPNcricinfo

Malolan Rangarajan (born 22 April 1989) is an Indian professional cricket coach and scout. He is a former cricketer who played for Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand in domestic cricket. Rangarajan was a bowling all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm off break, and also represented South Zone cricket team. He took a five-for and scored a fifty against West Zone in the 2013/14 Duleep Trophy.[1]

Ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, Rangarajan transferred from Tamil Nadu to Uttarakhand.[2] For the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy, he moved back to Tamil Nadu.[3]

Coaching career

Rangarajan was appointed the head of the talent scouting wing of the Indian Premier League team, Royal Challengers Bangalore, in 2019.[4] The following year, he was appointed the assistant coach of the Caribbean Premier League side, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, ahead of the 2020 season.[5] In 2023, he was named the head coach.[6] Earlier that year, he was named the assistant coach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore women's team competing in the Women's Premier League.[7] He was also given the talent scouting responsibilities for the team.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dinakar. S.. Malolan’s success mantra. The Hindu. 27 September 2015.
  2. Web site: List of domestic transfers ahead of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy season . ESPNcricinfo . 31 October 2018.
  3. Web site: India domestic: Malolan Rangarajan returns to Tamil Nadu . Cricket Country . 4 September 2019.
  4. News: Dinakar . S. . IPL: Malolan Rangarajan appointed head of scouting by RCB . 25 March 2024 . Sportstar . 19 September 2019 . en.
  5. News: Ragav . S. Dipak . Malolan Rangarajan is assistant coach of St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots in CPL . 25 March 2024 . The Hindu . 19 July 2020 . en-IN . subscription.
  6. News: Malolan Rangarajan named St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots head coach . 25 March 2024 . cricket.com . 3 May 2023 . en.
  7. News: WPL: Sania Mirza joins Royal Challengers Bangalore as team mentor . 25 March 2024 . ESPNcricinfo . en.
  8. News: RCB women’s assistant head coach Malolan Rangarajan highlights the responsibilities of his dual role and speaks about foreign players’ involvement with the squad . 25 March 2024 . royalchallengers.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20240325154954/https://www.royalchallengers.com/rcb-cricket-news/news/rcb-bold-diaries-malolan-ranjarajan-on-his-new-role-with-the-rcb-womens-team . 25 March 2024 . en.