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Sehwag was stranded on 99 not out as India raced to a six-wicket win in a tri-series match on Monday, which ended amid a raging debate over the spirit of the game.
India needed five runs to win and Sehwag just one more to complete his 13th hundred when off-spinner Randiv began the 35th over. His first ball went for four byes, levelling the scores.
Sehwag then smashed Randiv for a six but that delivery was declared a no-ball, meaning India had surpassed Sri Lanka's total of 170 without any runs being added to the batsman's score.
Television replays showed Randiv overstepped by a long way, indicating he may have deliberately bowled the no-ball to deny Sehwag a century.
"I don't need to see replays, it was a deliberate no-ball," said Sehwag. "But it's OK -- 99 or 100, the important thing is we won the match.
"They did it because no team want to have a hundred scored against them. I don't think there will be a change in the spirit of the series."
Sehwag later tweeted that Randiv had apologised to him, but Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) ordered a probe over whether the no-ball was deliberate or if any player had asked him to do it.
SLC media manager Brian Thomas told AFP that team manager Anura Tennekoon had been asked to conduct an "immediate internal inquiry" after which appropriate action would be taken.
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara said he was unaware if anyone had asked Randiv to bowl the no-ball, but admitted the incident and the rules of the game denied Sehwag a deserved century.
"I think if a batsman scores runs off a no-ball in such a situation, it should count for the batsman," he said. "The way Viru (Sehwag) batted, he deserved to get a hundred.
"I hope it was not deliberate. That's not the way I would like to play cricket. If that was intentional, it has got no place on the field of cricket.
"Knowing Suraj, he is a really nice guy. I have no doubt that it was not intentional. But if there has been some talk about it on the field, or maybe a bit of coaxing, I will have to address that very, very strongly in the dressing room."
Randiv, 25, has played two Tests and 16 one-dayers since his debut in December last year.
