Sri Lankan bowler who denied Virender Sehwag a century is now a bus driver

Remember the 2010 match between India and Sri Lanka? On August 16, 2010, Virender Sehwag needed just one run to complete his century, and India too needed one run to win the match. Off-spinner Suraj Randiv was the bowler for Sri Lanka. Randiv then bowled a no ball - overstepping the bowling crease by a huge margin. India won the match, but Randiv's no ball denied Sehwag a well deserved century.

12 years have passed and now Randiv, in a strange twist of fate, is working as a bus driver in Australia. And he is not alone. Another Sri Lankan cricketer, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, too has become a bus driver in Australia to earn a living. They work for a company called Transdev, according to media reports.

This is not something anyone would expect in India, since cricket is usually associated with name and fame in this cricket crazy nation.



Randiv, infact, had even played for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for two seasons. The off-spinner was part of Sri Lanka's playing eleven in the 2011 World Cup final, and was later selected for the 2016 England tour. He had even played for Coleraine Cricket Club in Northern Ireland before migrating to Australia, where he briefly played for Dandenong Cricket Club.

Jayasinghe played five T20 matches for Sri Lanka. He made his debut in a T20 match against India in 2009 and was even part of Lanka's 2010 world cup team.