Former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop was left amazed by young Tagenarine Chanderpaul’s resemblance with his father Shivnarine. He lauded him for scoring a century and a half-century in the two innings of the warmup game against PM’s XI.
Tagenarine Chanderpaul smashes a century and half-century in the two innings of the warmup game against PM’s XI
Son of Shivnarine Chanderpaul Tagenarine has left many amazed with his batting prowess. More than that it has been his batting resemblance with his father that has taken the cricket fraternity by storm.
The 26-year-old had a staggering domestic season back home as he scored runs prolifically and on the back of those performances, he made it into the West Indies squad for the Australia tour.
Tagenarine opened the innings for West Indies in the warmup game against Prime Ministers XI and he didn’t disappoint. The southpaw brilliantly crafted his innings and played staggering innings.
Tagenarine Chanderpaul's last seven first-class innings:
140*
23*
184
25
49
109*
119#AUSvWIAdvertisement— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket) November 25, 2022
Tagenarine batted for 293 balls and scored 119 runs. His innings was of high quality as played some staggering strokes all around the ground with 13 fours and 1 six. If this was not enough, he again played a masterful inning and scored an unbeaten half-century in the second innings.
With the kind of prolific year he had and the knocks he played in two innings of the ongoing warmup games, it’s fair to say that he could well be in line to make his debut for West Indies in the Test series against Australia.
Ian Bishop left amazed by resembles Tagenarine Chanderpaul’s resemblance with Shivnarine
The southpaw resembles his father Shivnarine in almost every aspect. He possesses a similar stride and the guard is like the batting great. Many fans and pundits including Ian Bishop, who feels that Tagenarine resembles his dad. Taking to his official Twitter account, he said:
“Tagenarine Chanderpaul having scored a century in the first innings, is 53 not out in the 2nd inning vs PM’s XI. We’ve known it for many years, but it is still remarkable how much his animations and batting style mimics’ his dads.”
Tagenarine Chanderpaul having scored a century in the first innings, is 53 not out in the 2nd inning vs PM’s XI. We’ve known it for many years, but it is still remarkable how much his animations and batting style mimics’ his dads.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) November 26, 2022
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