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{{short description|Indian former first-class cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Venkat Sunderam
| image =
| country = India
| fullname = Venkat N Sunderam
| nickname =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling =
| role = Batsman
| club1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| year1 = 1970/71–1980/81
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| year2 = 1973/74
| clubnumber2 =
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 81
| runs1 = 3,855
| bat avg1 = 32.12
| 100s/50s1 = 5/22
| top score1 = 177
| deliveries1 = 133
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 59.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/0
| catches/stumpings1 = 59/0
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
| matches2 = 14
| runs2 = 351
| bat avg2 = 27.00
| 100s/50s2 = 1/0
| top score2 = 102*
| deliveries2 = 6
| wickets2 = 0
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–
| date = 10 January
| year = 2016
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35220.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Venkat Sunderam''' is an Indian former [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er who played for [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] and [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 1977/78 (Ordered by Runs)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1977-78/Batting_by_Runs.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> His personal best score of 177 came in the 1977–78 Irani Cup for Rest of India against Bombay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bombay v Rest of India in 1977/78|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37802.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> 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 Rest of India which Delhi won on first innings lead.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi v Rest of India in 1980/81|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/40/40690.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref>

Sunderam was a team manager for [[India national cricket team|India]] in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dravid, Srinath out, Khoda in|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/jun/05a.htm|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fourth straight washout!|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/jun/29a.htm|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> He became a member of the ten-member selection committee of Delhi in 2002<ref>{{cite web|title=Chetan Chauhan to head DDCA senior selection panel|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020911/ncr3.htm|publisher=The Tribune, Chandigarh|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> and a member of the five-member Delhi selection panel in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Venkat Sunderam, Vivek Razdan the new selectors|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/08/31/stories/2005083105472000.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2005-08-31|accessdate=10 January 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was also the pitch committee chairman for BCCI.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chief pitch official in hospital|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvrsa/content/story/226476.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> He was [[Delhi District Cricket Association]]'s curator, a position he quit in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Venkat Sundaram steps down as DDCA curator|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/venkat-sundaram-steps-down-as-ddca-curator/|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> As of December 2015, he is the executive secretary of the [[Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex]] in Greater Noida.<ref>{{cite web|title=India hosts Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe international cricket series|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/india-hosts-afghanistan-vs-zimbabwe-international-cricket-series-115122000412_1.html|publisher=Business Standard|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/35220.html}}
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/41/41119/41119.html}}

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