Career
He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. Rao was selected as the captain for the tour of England (2002 season) though he was unable to play the first Test and Maninder Bisla was the stand-in captain for the match. The series was lost in the third Test as India lost by 185 runs.
Rao made his debut in Ranji Trophy domestic cricket in the 2000/01 cricket season for his home state - Associated Press and currently represents the Associated Press team in Indian domestic cricket.
