Tagenarine Chanderpaul Record: Test match is being played between West Indies and Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. On the third day of this Test match, West Indies batsman Tejnarine Chanderpaul has made a big record. This player scored a double century in 465 balls. He hit 16 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. Actually, Tejnarayan Chanderpaul is the son of former West Indies veteran cricketer Shivnarine Chanderpaul. In this way, Tejnarine Chanderpaul and Shivnarine Chanderpaul have become the second pair of father and son in Test cricket history, who have scored a double century.
Tejnarine Chanderpaul’s Test career has been like this
Recently, Tejnarine Chanderpaul made his Test debut against Australia. The age of this player is around 26 years. Currently, he is playing the third match of his Test career, but he made a lot of headlines by scoring a double century. Earlier, Tejnarine Chanderpaul had played innings of 45, 51 and 47, 17 in 2 Test matches against Australia, but now this player has scored a double century in just his third Test match.
Captain Craig Brathwaite’s century after Tejnarine Chanderpaul
Apart from this, Tejnarine Chanderpaul became the 10th West Indies batsman to convert his first century into a double century. On the other hand, talking about this match, West Indies declared their first innings by scoring 447 runs for 6 wickets. Tejnarayan Chanderpaul returned unbeaten after scoring 207 runs. While West Indies team captain Craig Brathwaite played an excellent inning of 182 runs. However, the rest of the West Indies batsmen disappointed. Kyle Meyers 20, Ramon Reifer 2, Jermaine Blackwood 5, Roston Chase 7 and Jason Holder went on to score 11 runs. At the same time, Brendan Mavuta took 5 wickets for Zimbabwe.
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