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Suraj Randiv

Suraj Randiv

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PositionAll-rounder
Born30 Jan 1985 (41 years)
NationalitySri Lanka flagSri Lanka

Suraj Randiv is a Sri Lankan international cricket player whose full name is Hewa Kaluhalamullage Suraj Randiv Kaluhalamulla. Also known as Suraj Mohamed, Suraj plays first class cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club other than teams like Sri Lanka and IPL teams. He was selected to play for the team of Chennai Super Kings IPL 2011 and in 2012, he has been again bought by this team to play at the IPL 5 season.

Suraj is a right arm offspinner having had a successful under age career in Sri Lanka. He played in under 15 and under 19 level taking 23 wickets in 4 matches at the under 23 match held in 2003-04. He was observed by Marvan Atapattu, who gave him a chance to play for the Sinhalese Sports Club. Later on, Suraj went ahead to play for Sri Lanka A and Sri Lanka.

In May 2009, Suraj changed his name from Mohamed Marshuk Mohamed Suraj. The same year, he replaced Muttiah Muralitharan in the ODI squad of Sri Lanka in India and made his debut in the second match of the series in Nagpur. He took 3 wickets for 51 runs, and Sri Lanka team won the match by 3 wickets.

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