Ponnuswami Sitaram (22 July 1932 – 12 September 1995) was an Indian cricketer born in

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

, who played for

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in the Ranji Trophy. A right-arm medium-pace bowler, Sitaram was an ''Indian Cricket'' Cricketer of the Year in 1963. He toured Pakistan with the

Indian Starlets Indian Starlets were a team of young Indian cricketers who played 16 first-class matches between 1960 and 1967. Tour of Pakistan, 1959-60 Seventeen players took part in a tour of Pakistan in April and May 1960. They played seven first-class match ...

in 1959–60. After his retirement from first-class cricket, he took up the job of a curator at a leading club in Delhi. He went on to develop cricket grounds and pitches across the northern and central parts of India.

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