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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]
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Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | 22 April 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowling all-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011–2018 | Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo |
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]
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]