Malolan Rangarajan

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]

Malolan Rangarajan

Personal information
Born	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 36) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Bowling all-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–2018	Tamil Nadu
2018–2019	Uttarakhand
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 47 10 2 Runs scored 1,379 123 28 Batting average 28.14 24.60 14.00 100s/50s 1/7 0/1 0/0 Top score 131 50 27 Balls bowled 8,069 495 30 Wickets 136 10 0 Bowling average 28.98 30.30 – 5 wickets in innings 5 0 – 10 wickets in match 1 0 – Best bowling 7/135 2/12 – Catches/stumpings 15/– 3/– 0/–
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]

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]