| Venkat Sunderam | |
| Country: | India |
| Fullname: | Venkat N Sunderam |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Delhi |
| Year1: | 1970/71–1980/81 |
| Club2: | Tamil Nadu |
| Year2: | 1973/74 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | 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 |
| 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 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).
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]