Sunil Subramaniam (born 28 May 1967) is a former Indian first-class

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er and the current head coach of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Academy and manager of the Indian national team. During his playing career, Subramaniam represented

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and Assam cricket team. He took up the job of cricket coaching in 2005.

Career

Subramaniam is a former slow left-arm orthodox spinner who played for

for ten seasons from 1988/89 to 1997/98 before getting dropped from the team. He then played one season for Assam cricket team in 2000/01. Despite having a successful first-class career, he was never considered for India selection. He appeared for Rest of India in 1994/95 Irani Trophy against

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. During his playing career, Subramaniam also worked for the Indian IT company HCL Technologies. Subramaniam retired from competitive cricket in 2001 at the age of 34. He made the retirement call after tearing a ligament in his left leg during practice following which he underwent two operations. He had two simultaneous injuries at the time of retirement, with blades inserted into both his legs. He was regarded to be among "the most feared bowlers in first class cricket" for his bowling skills and aggressive approach. In 2005, he became the coach of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Academy. He has been the coach of Indian spinner

Ravichandran Ashwin Ravichandran Ashwin () (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a bowling All-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricke ...

since Ashwin's under-19 days at Tamil Nadu.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Subramaniam, Sunil 1967 births Living people Indian cricketers Tamil Nadu cricketers Assam cricketers Cricketers from Mumbai Indian cricket coaches