Venkataraman Subramanya pronunciationⓘ (born 16 July 1936) is an Indian former cricketer who played in nine Test matches from 1965 to 1968.
He was an aggressive middle order batsman, who captained Mysore for some years, and a useful leg-spin bowler.
[1] Despite being an accomplished batsman, Subramanya made his Ranji Trophy debut against Hyderabad batting at number 10.
Kennimbeli Vasudevamurthy was made captain of the team and he promoted Subramanya higher up in the order.
In his first season as captain, he led his team to a semi-final showdown against Bombay at Central College Ground in Bangalore.
His excessive shielding of his tail end partners cost him his century as he was dismissed for 99 by Subhash Gupte.
Against West Indies at Madras in 1966–67, he hit a breezy 61, treating Hall and Griffith with disdain.
Pressed to open the attack because of injuries to the regular new ball bowlers, he bowled Geoff Boycott in the third Test at Edgbaston.
On the tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1967–68, he did little of note, save for a fighting 75 in a losing cause in the first Test at Adelaide.
Under his leadership, talented cricketers like B. S. Chandrasekhar, Gundappa Vishwanath, EAS Prasanna, Syed Kirmani made their debuts and were given extended runs.
Brijesh Patel believed that Mysore could have won the Ranji Trophy much earlier if Subramanya had stayed back to guide the team.