Shivnarine Chanderpaul Wife, Son, Height, Age, Teams, Stats, Records and More

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is a legendary West Indies batsman and one of the three players whose international career spanned over two decades. Chanderpaul scored more than 20,000 runs in international cricket and is the second most in Tests after Lara for West Indies.

Is Shivnarayan Chandrapal a Hindu?

Shivnarine Chanderpaul practices Hinduism as his religion. Despite representing the West Indies in cricket, he has maintained his ancestral faith.

• Chanderpaul toured England with the West Indies Under-19 cricket team to England in 1993, which earned him West Indies call-up.

• Chanderpaul has second most Test runs (11,867) for West Indies, just 87 runs behind Brian Lara’s all-time record.
  
• Chanderpaul is the first West Indian captain to score a ton on Test captaincy debut.
• Chanderpaul holds the record for batting for the longest period of time (1,513 minutes) without being dismissed. He faced 1,051 balls in that inning, the highest by any batsman without being dismissed.

• Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2008
• ICC Player of the Year 2008

Why did Shivnarine Chanderpaul have tattoos under his eyes?

Chanderpaul used anti-glare stickers under his eyes to refract the sunlight.

• Chanderpaul was considered to have the crabbiest batting technique in world cricket.
  
• There is a street named Shiv Chanderpaul Drive after him in Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana.