Career
A right-handed batsman, he played for the Malaysia national cricket team between 1994 and 1998. Born in Ipoh in 1972, Santhara Vello first played for Malaysia in the 1994 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy in Nairobi, playing three games in the tournament. He next played in the 1997 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy in Kuala Lumpur.
He made his List A debut in 1998, playing for Malaysia in the Wills Cup, a Pakistani domestic one-day competition.
Later in the year he represented Malaysia in the cricket tournament at the 1998, hosted in Kuala Lumpur. He played two matches in the tournament, against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
He has not played for Malaysia since.