Star of the week: Tagenarine Chanderpaul

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Tagenarine Brandon Chanderpaul, born May 1996, is the elder son of celebrated West Indies Test batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Tagenarine represented Ghandi Youth Organisation, Georgetown and Demerara before making his debut for Guyana Under-15 in 2010. In 2012, Tagenarine represented Guyana at the Under-17 in the inaugural regional championship in Tobago and in the Under-19 regional championship in Barbados.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul
Tagenarine Chanderpaul

A natural right-hander, Tagenarine was advised to bat left-handed at an early age. The young cricket prodigy spent many hours practicing batting on the same concrete strip in his front yard, under the watchful eyes of his grandfather and his father. Tagenarine is also a stern batsman- very watchful, difficult to dislodge and capable of spending a lot of time at the wicket. One of his unique skills is his ability to bowl either right-handed or left-handed. In 2011, he won the Regional Under-15 Cricketer-of-the-Year award at the Guyana Cricket Board awards ceremony. In 2012, he achieved outstanding results in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, obtaining passing grades in 10 subjects, including eight Grade Ones (inclusive of five distinctions) and two Grade Two. After a successful stint in the senior inter-county competition in 2012, in which he recorded the lone century in the one-day version, young Tagenarine was rewarded with a place on Guyana’s four-day team for the regional competition that is currently being played at various territories across the Caribbean.

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