Madireddy Venkat "Bobjee" Narasimha Rao MBE pronunciationⓘ (born 11 August 1954), is a former Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches from 1978 to 1979.
In the 5th test against Australia at Eden Gardens, he played a crucial role in saving India from imminent defeat.
Four key batsmen - Gavaskar, Vengsarkar, Vishwanath and Chetan Chauhan were already back in the pavilion when Narasimha Rao provided a match-saving partnership with Yashpal Sharma who scored an unbeaten 85.
[2] A failure to win this match due to a delayed declaration was a factor in Hyderabad failing to qualify from the South Zone.
[6] After Rao retired, he set up the St Johns Cricket Academy which produced many stars like VVS Laxman, Mithali Raj, Bavanaka Sandeep, Hanuma Vihari and Tarun Nethula.