Kiran Powar
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Kiran Powar is an India
India
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n cricketer
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. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler and is the brother of Ramesh Powar
Ramesh Powar
Ramesh Rajaram Powar is an Indian cricketer. He is an alumnus of Ruparel College of Science, Commerce and Arts in Matunga, Mumbai. He is a useful lower order batsman and off spinner who plays in the Indian ODI team...

. Kiran Powar led the U-19 team that visited Australia
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 in 1994/95 season. The series was lost 2-0 (Test matches) and 2-1 (Youth ODI). Powar was inconsistent in the series and had one score of fifty in the ODI match leading India to their sole tour victory and a century in the fourth innings of the final test that was lost to Australia.

Kiran Powar made his debut in Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...

 domestic cricket in the 1996/97 season but with the overcrowded Mumbai batting talent, moved his skills to Goa
Goa cricket team
The Goa cricket team has never been an overly strong team in the Ranji Trophy. Confined to the plate group, Goa bottomed the table in 2005/06 by not achieving a win in their 5 matches, losing 3 matches. In 2006/07 they again finished bottom of the plate group without a win this time losing 4...

 in 1997/98. He represented Assam
Assam cricket team
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 in one season (2003/04) and moved to Vadodara
Baroda cricket team
The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds. The team is run by the Baroda Cricket Association. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium...

 in 2004/05 season. He stopped playing List A cricket in 2005/06 season but continues to play Ranji cricket.the never achieved his true potential. He never received an opportunity to play International Cricket and retired from domestic cricket after the 2003/04 season.

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