Gundibail Rama Sunderam (29 March 1930 – 20 June 2010) was an Indian

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er who played in two Test matches in 1955. Sunderam was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman. He underwent training in the cricket school run by

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in 1953. He represented India in the unofficial 'Test' against the Silver Jubilee Overseas Cricket team later that year before appearing in

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matches. His two Test matches were against

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in 1955–56. He took one of the two wickets when New Zealand made 450 for 2 in the

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Test and two more wickets in the next one. But the presence of medium pacers like G. S. Ramchand and

Dattu Phadkar Dattatraya Gajanan "Dattu" Phadkar (12 December 1925 – 17 March 1985) was an all-rounder who represented India in Test cricket. Phadkar was an attacking middle order batsman, a medium pace bowler who could swing the ball both ways and extrac ...

, who were much better batsmen, limited his chances. Sunderam represented

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and

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in the Ranji Trophy. His son Pradeep Sunderam opened the bowling for Rajasthan in the 1980s and once took 10 wickets in an innings. Sunderam was born to a

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Poojary
family in

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in Southern Karnataka . Sunderam died 20 June 2010 in

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aged 80.Former Test Cricketer, Mangalorean G R Sundaram Passes Away
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