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Hewa Kaluhalamullage Suraj Randiv Kaluhalamulla (born 30 January 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. Suraj was educated at Rahula College Matara.
Early career
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.
International career
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.
On 16 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 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.
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.
After 5 years of long period, Randiv was selected for England tour in 2016, where he played in the second ODI on 24 June 2016.
Domestic career
Randiv was picked up by the Chennai Super Kings at the 2011 IPL player auction and will play for the Super Kings in the forthcoming season. He was released in 2012 before the start of IPL 5.
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 |
International record
Test 5 Wicket hauls
| # | Figures | Match | Opponent | Venue | City | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5/82 | 2 |  India | P Sara Oval | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 2010 |
ODI 5 Wicket hauls
| # | Figures | Match | Opponent | Venue | City | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5/42 | 27 |  England | Old Trafford | Manchester | England | 2011 |
International awards
ODI cricket
Man of the Match awards
| S No | Opponent | Venue | Date | Match Performance | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club | 1 June 2010 | 5–0–23–3 ; DNB |  Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets. |