Guyana Jaguars opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul has been known for his solidity at the top of the order. His innings of 66 not out against Barbados Pride in the second round of the 2020 Regional 4-Day, where he carried his bat in the innings of 209 all out, came off 280 balls and 397 minutes.
Tagenarine Chanderpaul
Bridgetown, Barbados witnessed a painstaking innings in one of Jaguars’ poor batting efforts in the season. Despite his poor 2020 season, the young Chanderpaul had been in the runs in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 season. Chanderpaul scored 315 runs in the eight matches he played this season at an average of 24.23. He recorded three half-centuries, all of which came early in the tournament. He had a high-score of 68, and his three half-centuries were in the 60s.
Prior to the start of the 4-Day season, the young Chanderpaul had hopes of scoring heavy runs in this 2020 Regional 4-Day season to press a case for selection to tour England. However, this season did not reflect on his solid performances in previous seasons. In the 2018-19 season, Chanderpaul scored 542 runs at 33.87. The defensive batsman had recorded one century and one half-century with a high score of 117.
Meanwhile, in the 2017-18 season, where Chanderpaul played nine matches; he made 459 runs at an average of 38.25. He had one century and three half-centuries, with a high score of 101. Some may say that the young Tiger has a style for Test cricket, some may argue that he is not ready for the highest level of cricket. To date, Chanderpaul has played 43 First-Class matches and made 2072 runs.
He is still a work in progress; he has a batting average of 29.18 with two First-Class centuries in his career and 10 half-centuries. The 23-year-old, who was a former West Indies U-19 player, has a long career ahead. With his great temperament, Test cricket is not far from his reach. Given he develops his scoring ability at the higher level, he will certainly follow the footsteps of his father, the great Shivnarine Chanderpaul. (Brandon Corlette)
