Shivnarine Chanderpaul Retirement: It is often said that cricket and politics should be kept away from each other, but many such cases come to light which raise the question whether there is politics in sports also. Many such cases often come to light in Indian cricket, but today we will talk about West Indies cricket. This case is related to the legendary West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who is a player of Indian origin. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was known for his unique batting stance. Shivnarine Chanderpaul himself has told that in the year 2016 he was forced to take retirement from cricket.
Retired because of Brian Lara!
It is claimed that Shivnarine Chanderpaul was forcibly retired because of Brian Lara. Actually, Brian Lara had scored 11,953 runs in his Test career. Shivnarine Chanderpaul had scored 11,867 runs in Test cricket by the end of the Test series against England in 2015. Chanderpaul needed only 86 runs to break Brian Lara’s record, but in the meantime he was dropped from the Test squad.
After Chanderpaul’s retirement, Brian Lara had said that he should have got a retirement match. However, it is said that the board did not want Chanderpaul to break Brian Lara’s record in Test cricket.
Why did the board make him retire?
In the name of giving opportunity to the youth, West Indies Cricket Board had advised Shivnarine Chanderpaul to take retirement. When Chanderpaul spoke about this, he was lured to play in the Masters League and asked to retire. He got NOC from the board for Masters League. However, Chanderpaul had also revealed that the board had threatened to withdraw the NOC if he did not retire from international career.
Ultimately, Shivnarine Chanderpaul had only one way left to pursue his cricket career. He was not being given a place in the West Indies cricket team. In such a situation, he had no other option other than taking NOC for the Masters League.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s career
Shivnarine Chanderpaul played 164 matches for West Indies. During this period, he scored 11,867 runs, which included 30 centuries. At the same time, in ODI, Chanderpaul scored 8,778 runs in 268 matches with the help of 11 centuries, while in T20 International, he has 343 runs in 22 matches.