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M.Venkataramana,known for his off-spin bowling, played cricket for the Indian cricket team from 1989 to 1991 and toured the West Indies and New Zealand. He also had a distinguished playing career for Tamil Nadu state team in the Ranji Trophy Tournaments from 1987 to 2000, and his brilliant performance in his first year for the Tamil Nadu helped the team win the Ranji Trophy after a gap of 32 years. He followed it with some good performances in the Duleep and Deodhar Trophy matches for the South Zone and came into prominence in the Indian cricket and got selected to play against the visiting New Zealand team. He played his first one day match at Baroda and claimed the prize wickets of Jhon Write and Andrew Jones In a high scoring match. Venkataramana also played in the English League for 5 good years and gained experience in professional cricket abroad. During his stint in England he acquired his coaching credentials which gave him the option to choose to take up coaching as his livelihood.

Venkataramana moved to Singapore in 2005 and was appointed Head Coach by the Singapore Cricket Association in 2007. In this capacity, he has been coaching the Singapore National Team and also actively involved in developing and spreading the game. He is qualified as a Level-3 coach from National Cricket Academy(NCA) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and is also Registered in the National Registry of Coaches of the Singapore Sports Council (Level-3).

Venkataramana is a familiar figure in Singapore Cricket, and has been devoting a lot of time and energy in developing schools and age group cricket here. His deep knowledge of the game and his extensive coaching experience have enabled Singapore National Team to make a mark in the ACC and the ICC tournaments under his able guidance. He has his own cricket centre here in Singapore and comes up with innovative coaching programmes that are tailored to different age groups and skill levels.