Guyana Harpy Eagles Tagenarine
Chanderpaul has been
effectively using his bat as a
sledgehammer on the West
Indies Selectors’ door.
As the son of the legendary former West Indies Test
batsman, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the
recently turned 26-years-old Tagenarine
(born May 17, 1996) has to date scored
414 runs in this year’s 2022 Regional
Championships at a supreme average of
82.80. The four innings he’s batted since
the Championships’ May 18 resumption
have yielded scores of 140*, 23* and 184.
Following his legendary father Shiv’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.
Comparisons with Shiv will chase him throughout his career but if early
signs are anything to go by, then Tagenarine might live up to the top billing.
The Guyana Harpy Eagle’s remaining match against the Trinidad & Tobago Red Force will be of no real meaningful significance in terms of determining the 2022 Regional Championships’ eventual winner. It will, however, offer Tagenarine Chanderpaul a most wonderful, final opportunity, to further reinforce his claims to the Selectors as the very best choice to partner Kraigg Brathwaite in opening the West Indies’ batting for the forthcoming Tests against Bangladesh.