Rohan Vishnu Suppiah (born 23 March 1981) is a Malaysian
cricket
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er. A right-handed
batsman
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and
off spin
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bowler,
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/ref> he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team
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for Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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and is a former T20 world record holder.
Life and career
Born in Kuala Lumpur
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in 1981, Suppiah first played for Malaysia in the annual Saudara Cup The Saudara Cup is an annual cricket match played between Malaysia and Singapore. It has been played since 1970, with the exception of 2013, when it was not held, and 2014, when the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Malaysia have won ...
match against Singapore
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in September 1997. He played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy The Stan Nagaiah Trophy is an annual series of one-day cricket matches played between Malaysia and Singapore. It has been played annually since 1995, and is named in honour of Stan Nagaiah, a cricketer from Singapore in the 1950s who also often repr ...
series against Singapore the following February.[Other matches played by Rohan Suppiah](_blank)
at CricketArchive He made his List A
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debut the month after that, playing for Malaysia in the Wills Cup, a Pakistani domestic one-day tournament, against Pakistan International Airlines
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and Lahore City.[List A matches played by Rohan Suppiah](_blank)
at CricketArchive
After playing in the Saudara Cup match that August, Suppiah represented Malaysia in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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, hosted in his home city of Kuala Lumpur, in September, playing against Sri Lanka
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and Jamaica
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. He played in both the Saudara Cup and Stan Nagaiah Trophy the following year but missed the Saudara Cup in 2000.
He did play in the ACC Trophy
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in the United Arab Emirates
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in 2000 and 2001. After playing in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy, he went to Ontario
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, Canada
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to play in the ICC Trophy
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.ICC Trophy matches played by Rohan Suppiah
at CricketArchive He did not play for Malaysia in 2002, returning for a match against the
ECB National Academy
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in February 2003.
He started 2004 with two matches for a Malaysia Cricket Association Invitation XI against
England A and the Stan Nagaiah Trophy
before making his
first-class debut against
Nepal
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in the
ICC Intercontinental Cup
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.
[First-class matches played by Rohan Suppiah](_blank)
at CricketArchive He played in the ACC Trophy and Saudara Cup in June and August respectively,
playing a second Intercontinental Cup match against the
UAE
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in September.
He finished the year with an
ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament
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match against
Hong Kong
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.
He has been a regular member of the Malaysian side since 2005, playing
ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament
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matches against Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nepal;
ACC Premier League
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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
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in Kuwait.
References
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1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian people of Tamil descent
Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent
Malaysian cricketers
Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia