Suraj Randiv

Suraj Randiv

Personal information
Full name	Hewa Kaluhalamullage Suraj Randiv Kaluhalamulla
Born	30 January 1985 (age 26) Matara,  Sri Lanka
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Rigt-arm offbreak
Role	Allrounder
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut	26 - 30 July 2010 v India
ODI debut	18 December India v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004-2007	Sinhalese Sports Club
2005	Southern Province
2007	Nondescripts Cricket Club
2008-2010	Kandurata Kites
2008-	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
2011-	Ruhuna Rhinos
2011-	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	3	27	76	92
Runs scored	26	198	1,663	441
Batting average	8.66	15.23	19.79	10.75
100s/50s	-/-	-/1	1/6	-/1
Top score	12	56	112	56
Balls bowled	1,053	1,220	14,396	3,849
Wickets	14	31	329	117
Bowling average	40.50	31.09	24.95	25.45
5 wickets in innings	1	1	24	3
10 wickets in match	-	n/a	6	n/a
Best bowling	5/82	5/42	9/62	5/15
Catches/stumpings	-/-	6/-	57/-	36/-
Source: Cricinfo, 10 July 2011

Hewa Kaluhalamullage Suraj Randiv Kaluhalamulla (born January 30, 1985), known as Suraj Randiv, born Mohamed Marshuk Mohamed Suraj is a Sri Lankan international cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Sinhalese Sports Club and is best known for the controversy of bowling a deliberate no ball to deny Sehwag a century.
A right arm offspinner, Suraj had a successful under-age career in Sri Lanka. He represented his country at under-15 and under-19 level and took 23 wickets in four matches at an Under-23 tournament of 2003-04. This effort caught the attention of Marvan Atapattu, who was influential in getting him over to Sinhalese Sports Club. He went on play for Sri Lanka A and Sri Lanka.
In December 2009, he replaced Muttiah Muralitharan in Sri Lanka's ODI squad in India and he made his debut in the second match of the series in Nagpur. He impressed by taking three wickets for 51 runs; Sri Lanka went on to win the match by three wickets.^[1]
On 16th August 2010, in an incident that drew considerable media attention, Randiv intentionally bowled a no ball—overstepping the bowling mark by a significant margin—to Virender Sehwag—then on 99—that ensured a victory for India in the ODI, while denying Sehwag a chance to score a century. Sehwag hit the ball for six but as the winning run was registered as soon as the umpire signalled no ball, Sehwag's shot was incorrectly deemed to have been made after the end of the match. Randiv later apologised to Sehwag for use of the tactic; he was docked his match fees for the game and handed a one match suspension by Sri Lanka Cricket.^[2]
Randiv was picked up by the Chennai Super Kings at the 2011 IPL Players Auction and will play for the Super Kings in the forthcoming season.^[3]
He was omitted from Sri Lanka's squad for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, but was called up as a replacement for the injured Angelo Mathews, and was subsequently picked for the World Cup Final.

Career best performances

as of 10 July 2011

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Tests	12	Sri Lanka v West Indies	Galle	2010	5-82	Sri Lanka v India	Colombo (Oval)	2010
ODI	56	Sri Lanka v India	Mirpur	2010	5-42	Sri Lanka v England	Old Trafford	2011
T20I	6	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	Lauderhill	2010	3-20	Sri Lanka v Australia	Bridgetown	2010
FC	112	Bloomfield v Sri Lanka Army	Colombo (Bloomfield)	2009	9-62	Sinhalese v Colombo	Colombo (CCCG)	2006
LA	56	Sri Lanka v India	Mirpur	2010	5-15	Bloomfield v Ragama	Colombo (Bloomfield)	2009
T20	20	Sinhalese v Tamil Union	Colombo (Burgher)	2005	3-20	Sri Lanka v Australia	Bridgetown	2010