On Saturday, the long-serving West Indies cricketer Shivnarine Chanderpaul announced his retirement from the international cricket. He was one of the famous and a respected batsman in the world.
Chanderpaul played 164 Tests for West Indies. In his long Test career, Chanderpaul played so many great innings. He made 30 Test hundreds and 66 Test half-centuries in his career.
Here are Chanderpaul’s top 5 Test knocks in the following:
5. 166 against South Africa at St. Kitts (2010): – After South African batsmen put a big total of 543 runs in the 1st innings, Chanderpaul made this incredible knock in reply. Chanderpaul made an important 166 runs knock against the mighty South African bowlers in the West Indies’ 1st innings. West Indies put 546 runs in the first innings in the reply of Protease’s 543 runs. The match has resulted in a draw and Chanderpaul was awarded man of the match for his great knock.
4. 126* against New Zealand at Napier (2008): – After a top order collapse, Chanderpaul batted as a saviour in the 1st innings with fellow batsman Brendan Nash. Chanderpaul scored unbeaten 126 runs and put a respective West Indies total of 304 runs on the board. The match was drawn at the end.
3. 137* against India at Barbados (1997): – In a tough batting wicket, Chanderpaul was the only batsman to manage a great hundred. He scored unbeaten 137 runs in the 1st innings as the Caribbean team beat India by 38 runs. Chanderpaul was awarded man of the match for his great knock.
2. 116* against India at Dominica (2011): – It was one of his important knocks in his long Test career. After 143 runs behind from the 1st innings total against India and collapsing West Indies’ top order at very early in the second innings, Chanderpaul once again came as a survivor of his team. He scored unbeaten 116 runs of 343 balls and stayed 501 mins into the crease. His terrific knock pushed the Test match into the draw. He was selected man of the match award for his match saviour knock.
1. 104 against Australia at Antigua (2003): – It was one of the greatest Test innings in the history of cricket. Chasing a huge target of 418 runs in the fourth innings of the match, which was never chased down successfully by a team in the fourth innings, West Indies snatched the victory by 3 wickets thanks to Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan’s tons. Chanderpaul made 104 runs while Sarwan made 105 runs in that innings. Adding with that knock, Chanderpaul took the Caribbean team into very close from that extraordinary win. Till the date, this is the highest runs chased at the fourth innings by a winning team in Test cricket history. Chanderpaul received the man of the match award in that unforgettable match.