Southpaw batter Tagenarine Chanderpaul has perhaps knocked the door of making his Test debut for West Indies the loudest, as he smashed a stellar century during the practice match versus the Prime Minister’s XI on Thursday.
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In reply to Prime Minister XI’s total of 322 all out in the first innings, Chanderpaul opened the West Indies innings alongside skipper Kraigg Brathwaite and stitched a brilliant innings of 119 off 293 balls, to take the team’s total to 235.
With Prime Minister’s XI declaring their innings at 221/4 in their second innings, Chanderpaul (15*) and Brathwaite (19*) had put on 35/0 on the board at Stumps on ‘Day 3’ while chasing the target of 309 runs.
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Having earned his maiden Test call-up last month, for the imminent two-match Test series against Australia, Tagenarine’s ton yesterday has all but handed him his maiden West Indies Test cap.
It is worth of a mention that the 26-year-old has scored 439 runs at an average of 73.16 this year in First-Class Cricket, and emerged to be the second-highest run-scorer in the 2021-22 season.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul family
Tagenarine Chanderpaul is the son of legendary West Indian batter Shivnarine Chanderpaul. The father-son duo have in fact, batted together 11 times in First-Class Cricket, with their first appearance together taking place in the year 2013.
Tagenarine’s mother’s name is Amy Chanderpaul, and he also has a younger sister named Ciara Chanderpaul. His uncle (father’s brother) Lawrence Prittipaul is also a former English cricketer, who played First-Class Cricket for Hampshire from 1999-2005.
As for Tagenarine, the left-handed opener has so far played 50 FC matches for Guyana, and has scored 2,669 runs at an average of 34.21 with the help of 5 hundreds and 10 half-centuries.
He might well play as opener during the first Test match at Perth from November 30 onwards; in place of John Campbell, who was handed a four-year ban on doping violation charges earlier this month.
