Venkat Sunderam
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| Full name | Venkat N Sunderam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970/71–1980/81 | Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973/74 | Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 January 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venkat Sunderam is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Delhi and Tamil Nadu. After his playing career, he became a selector for Delhi and pitch committee chairman for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Career
Sunderam was a left-handed opening batsman who played for Delhi between the 1970/71 and 1980/81 seasons and one season for Tamil Nadu in 1973/74. He was the leading run-getter of the 1977–78 Ranji Trophy with 608 runs at an average of 86.85 including three centuries.[1] His personal best score of 177 came in the 1977–78 Irani Cup for the Rest of India against Bombay.[2] He was part of the Delhi team in its back-to-back Ranji wins in 1978/79 and 1979/80. His last first class match was for Delhi in the 1980–81 Irani Cup against the Rest of India which Delhi won on first innings lead.[3]
Sunderam was a team manager for India in the 1990s.[4][5] He became a member of the ten-member selection committee of Delhi in 2002[6] and a member of the five-member Delhi selection panel in 2005.[7] He was also the pitch committee chairman for BCCI.[8] He was Delhi District Cricket Association's curator, a position he quit in 2014.[9] As of December 2015, he is the executive secretary of the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida.[10]
References
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 1977/78 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Bombay v Rest of India in 1977/78". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Delhi v Rest of India in 1980/81". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Dravid, Srinath out, Khoda in". Rediff. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Fourth straight washout!". Rediff. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Chetan Chauhan to head DDCA senior selection panel". The Tribune, Chandigarh. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Venkat Sunderam, Vivek Razdan the new selectors". The Hindu. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Chief pitch official in hospital". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Venkat Sundaram steps down as DDCA curator". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "India hosts Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe international cricket series". Business Standard. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
External links
- Venkat Sunderam at ESPNcricinfo
- Venkat Sunderam at CricketArchive (subscription required)