Tagenarine chanderpaul biography

Following his father's footsteps, young Tagenarine Brandon Chanderpaul has been prophesied to become the leader of the next generation of West Indies batsmanship. An uncluttered mind, fierce...
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Following his father's footsteps, young Tagenarine Brandon Chanderpaul has been prophesied to become the leader of the next generation of West Indies batsmanship. An uncluttered mind, fierce focus, a considerably high backlift and the obvious left-handed approach continues to draw parallels with his father. The son even hammers the bail onto the crease, just like Shivnarine.

After fine tuning his skills at the Under-17 and Under-19 levels, Tagenarine made his First Class debut for Guyana against Leewards, playing alongside his dad in March 2013. Notably, he even won the 2011 U-15 Cricketer of the Year Award instituted by the Guyana Cricket Board.

He provided further evidence of his burgeoning talent in the Under-19 World Cup in the UAE in 2014, striking 293 runs in 6 encounters including a ton and two fifties. Comparison's with Shiv will chase him throughout hi

Tagenarine Chanderpaul, a left-hand batter from Guyana with an unusual technique, is the son of the illustrious Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who amassed more than 10,000 Test runs also with a peculiar batting style. It's likely that his square-on stance, crouch at the crease, and trigger movement across his stumps were all influenced by watching his father bat. While Chanderpaul senior made most of his Test runs in the middle order, however, Tagenarine began his international career as an opener.

In the age of T20 franchise leagues, Tagenarine is a rarity - a red-ball specialist in the West Indies. He made his first-class debut for Guyana at the age of 16 in 2013, and played alongside his father in his fourth match. They played together in 11 first-class games over a span of five years, and it was only in the last of those fixtures that Tagenarine scored his first hundred in the format. There was no fast-track to the West Indies team though.

It was another five years before Tagenarine was picked for the 2022-23 tour of Australia and made his Test debut in Perth, where he made scores of 51 and 45. He converted his maiden Test hundred into a double-ton against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in February 2023, becoming the first West Indies opener other than Kraigg Brathwaite to score a hundred since March 2013, but his form tapered off after that.

With poor returns in Test series in South Africa, at home against India, and on a second tour of Australia in early 2024, Tagenarine lost his place in the side.

West Indian cricketer

Tagenarine Brandon Chanderpaul (born 31 May 1996) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for Guyana in first-class cricket. He is a left-hand opening batsman. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in November 2022. He is the eldest son of West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. He played the role of cricketer Larry Gomes in the Bollywood film 83.

Youth career

As a prolific run scorer for Guyana at youth level, he earned a spot in the Windies squad for the 2014 Under-19s World Cup held in the UAE.

During the World Cup, he scored an unbeaten 84 against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi. Chanderpaul's knock helped propel the Windies to an eventual 167 run win over the Zimbabweans.

He then scored 93 against Canada to notch a consecutive man of the match award in a 67 run win. With this victory the West Indians progressed to the tournament's knock out stages.

Domestic career

He plays for Guyana in first-class cricket and made his first-class debut in February 2013 at age 16 for Guyana against Leeward Islands in the regional four-day competition at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound.

His father Shivnarine had also made his first-class debut for Guyana as a teenager, when he was 18. Shivnarine was playing the Bangladesh Premier League and was away during the course of his son's debut.

He was dropped from the Guyana Jaguars Cricket team due to a lack of form however he was still offered a contract with the franchise along with fellow under19 stars: Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul and Gudakesh Motie, all of whom made international debuts for the West Indies.

As of July 31, 2015, he was listed in the Demerara senior team to partake in the Guyana Cricket Board Inter County four-day Competition, where h