The first test match of the West Indies tour to Zimbabwe 2023 commenced on Saturday (February 4) and is currently underway at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, with the visitors dominating the first three days of play.

Batting first, West Indies declared their innings on a mammoth score of 447/6 courtesy of skipper Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul’s brilliant knocks. Brathwaite (182) scored a blazing ton to contribute to the team’s total, while Tagenarine (207) slammed a blistering unbeaten double century and etched his name into the history books. In the meantime, Brandon Mavuta took a 5-wicket haul for Zimbabwe.

Tagenarine is the son of veteran West Indies batter Shivanarine Chanderpaul, who himself has a double ton to his name in the longest format. With his exploits against Zimbabwe, the 26-year-old joined a rare list of father-son double centurions. Notably, senior Chandrapaul scored a double ton against South Africa in 2005.

Apart from Chanderpaul, Pakistan’s Hanif Mohammed and Shoaib Mohammed is the only father-son duo to achieve the feat.

In reply, Zimbabwe also started their innings well and are currently 114/3 at the stumps of Day 3. Innocent Kaia was batting on 59 for the hosts.

Fans on social media celebrated Tagenarine’s rare feat.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

A moment of history – father & son have scored a Test hundred for West Indies.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul – The future of West Indies. pic.twitter.com/LwVwU49pbf

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 5, 2023

Bound for greatness. This guy. What a player. #chandrapaul. http://t.co/zvxpWPHx2C

— Darshan Ashok (@darshan0110) February 5, 2023

An innings to remember for Tagenarine Chanderpaul – 207* in 467 balls with 16 fours and 3 sixes. A marathon knock by Tagenarine, he announced his arrival in international cricket. pic.twitter.com/YjuG0yYPCe

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 6, 2023

Tagnarine now surpassed his father's (Shiv Chandrapaul) highest test score (203*) within 207*(407) Marathon Inning against @ZimCricketv .

A Shiny inning from #RisingStar #ZIMvsWI #CricketTwitter #Cricket #Trending

— Randunu Navoda Fernando (@Randunu16) February 6, 2023

Innings taken by Shivnarine Chandrapaul to reach first double century: 135 innings

Innings taken by his son Tagenarine Chandrapaul to first maiden double century: 04 innings#ZIMvsWI #CricketTwitter

— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) February 6, 2023

Tagenarayan made his maiden test century
He is son of farmer Windies player Shivnarayan chandrapaul

— सुब्रत शंकर 'सनातनी' (@subrats37934357) February 5, 2023

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has a hundred against Zimbabwe in Tests.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul has a double hundred against Zimbabwe in Tests.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 6, 2023

Shivnarine Chanderpaul reached his maiden Test double century with a four.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul reached his maiden Test double century with a six.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 6, 2023

Like father like son- definition ❤️

— The New Bharat Army- Monk (@vaspar78) February 6, 2023

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Like the opening day, hosts Australia kept their domination on the second day of the ongoing first Test against West Indies at Optus Stadium in Perth.

Australia declared their first innings at a massive 598/4 on the board, with both Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith smashing their respective double-centuries. Also contributing to the score was Travis Head, who fell one short of what could be a remarkable ton.

In response, the West Indies openers showed stunning fightback and remained unbeaten, helping the tourists score 74/0 at stumps. Debutant Tagenarine Chanderpaul, in particular, was the highlight with his remarkable batting.

Tagenarine, like his father, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, was super impressive with his grit, determination and sublime maturity while facing arguably the deadliest bowling attack at present. He stayed undefeated at 47 from 73 deliveries with the help of 6 fours and a six.

During his stay in the middle, Tagenarine caught himself in a funny situation when he got hit on the soft area by Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood. It all happened on the final delivery of the sixth over when Hazlewood went for a 134.1kph short-of-length ball. Tagenarine shuffled across a bit to block but got beaten on the inside edge, and the red leather hit on his box, leaving the youngster in pain.

Here is the video:

Yeah. Ouch. #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/yOloVNm1qw

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 1, 2022

‘He was tough to bowl to’: Hazlewood on bowling against Tagenarine

Post the stumps, Hazlewood was quizzed about the incident involving Tagenarine. The right-arm pacer said it is part and parcel of the game before lavishing praises on junior Chanderpaul, stating Tagenarine played some stunning shots and was tough to bowl to.

“It’s part of the game, unlucky. (Hitting Tagenarine on the box). Once he got going, he played a few shots, and it was tough to bowl to. We’ll have to come out fresh again tomorrow. (On Tagenarine’s batting),” said Hazlewood after the end of the day’s play.

Hazlewood also heaped praises on Labuschagne and Smith, who had a tremendous outing in the first innings. While Smith remained unbeaten at 200, Labuschagne scored 204 runs.

“They love batting, and they love batting together. Anytime they get out to the middle and score some runs …. their hunger is second to none, good to see. It was pretty much the perfect innings for everyone involved,” added Hazlewood.

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