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Malaysian cricketer
Rohan Vishnu Suppiah
(born 23 March 1981) is a Malaysian
cricketer
.
[1]
A right-handed
batsman
and
off spin
bowler
,
[2]
he has played for the
Malaysia national cricket team
since 1997.
[3]
His younger brother
Arul
also plays for Malaysia, and currently plays
county cricket
for
Somerset
and is a former T20 world record holder.
[4]
Life and career
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Born in
Kuala Lumpur
in 1981,
[2]
Suppiah first played for Malaysia in the annual
Saudara Cup
match against
Singapore
in September 1997. He played in the
Stan Nagaiah Trophy
series against Singapore the following February.
[5]
He made his
List A
debut the month after that, playing for Malaysia in the Wills Cup, a Pakistani domestic one-day tournament, against
Pakistan International Airlines
and
Lahore City
.
[6]
After playing in the Saudara Cup match that August,
[5]
Suppiah represented Malaysia in the
cricket tournament
at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
, hosted in his home city of Kuala Lumpur, in September, playing against
Sri Lanka
and
Jamaica
.
[6]
He played in both the Saudara Cup and Stan Nagaiah Trophy the following year but missed the Saudara Cup in 2000.
[5]
He did play in the
ACC Trophy
in the
United Arab Emirates
in 2000 and 2001. After playing in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy,
[5]
he went to
Ontario
,
Canada
to play in the
ICC Trophy
.
[7]
He did not play for Malaysia in 2002, returning for a match against the
ECB National Academy
in February 2003.
[5]
He started 2004 with two matches for a Malaysia Cricket Association Invitation XI against
England A
and the Stan Nagaiah Trophy
[5]
before making his
first-class
debut against
Nepal
in the
ICC Intercontinental Cup
.
[8]
He played in the ACC Trophy and Saudara Cup in June and August respectively,
[5]
playing a second Intercontinental Cup match against the
UAE
in September.
[8]
He finished the year with an
ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament
match against
Hong Kong
.
[5]
He has been a regular member of the Malaysian side since 2005, playing
ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament
matches against Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nepal;
ACC Premier League
matches against Hong Kong, Nepal and the UAE; the 2006 ACC Trophy, in addition to the annual Saudara Cup and Stan Nagaiah Trophy matches, though he missed the Saudara Cup in 2006 and the Stan Nagaiah Trophy was not played in 2007. Suppiah represented his country in the 2007
ACC Twenty20 Cup
in Kuwait.
[5]
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