Pradeep Sunderam (born 21 March 1960) is a former Indian first-class

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er who currently works as a cricket coach. During his playing career, Sunderam represented

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between 1982/83 and 1990/91. Sunderam is one of the two bowlers to have taken all ten wickets in an innings of a

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match, having achieved the feat in the 1985/86 season when he took 10/78 in an innings. Sunderam became the head coach of the Rajasthan team in 2013. He is the son of former India Test bowler

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

Career

Sunderam is one of the four children of

, a former

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fast bowler who played for

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in two

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. Like his father, Sunderam also became a fast bowler and made his first-class cricket debut for Rajasthan in 1982/83. In a Ranji Trophy match in 1985/86 against Vidarbha, Sunderam famously claimed all ten wickets in an innings, becoming only the second bowler in the history of Ranji Trophy to achieve the feat. He had figures of 10/78 in 22 overs of Vidarbha's first innings and 6/76 in 22 overs in the second innings. His match figures of 16/154 also became the best match figures in Ranji Trophy history that has since been bettered by

Anil Kumble Anil Kumble (; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricket captain, coach and commentator who played Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. Widely regarded as one of the best ...

. After his playing career, Sunderam took up the job of cricket coaching. For more than a decade, he worked as the head coach of

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Academy and also coached Mumbai under-23 team. In 2013,

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appointed Sunderam as Rajasthan team's head coach based on the recommendation by their previous head coach

Chandrakant Pandit Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit (born 30 September 1961) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 36 ODIs from 1986 to 1992. He was a Wicket Keeper Batsman for Indian national cricket team. He made his test debut against E ...

. Sunderam is also a talent scout with the Mumbai Cricket Association.

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