Bangladesh versus West Indies–Chanderpaul versus Mushfiqur Rahim
For the 18th ICC World Cup match between Bangladesh and West Indies, Bettor.com brings to you a comparison of the two main middle-order batsmen of both the teams. Amongst the
Caribbean’ side, we have experienced Shivnarine Chanderpaul and amongst the Bengali Tigers we have talented Mushfiqur Rahim.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
West Indies’s left hand middle-order batsman, Shivnarine Chanderpaul is very famous for his determination and has abilities to stay on wicket for long time. A first Indian decent Caribbean
batsman in the West Indies team has played more than 100Tests and captained the West Indies team in 14 Test and 16 One Day Internationals and deemed as an experienced player. Through his batting temperament and patient strokes he demonstrated a concept that
there is a life beyond the coaching instructions. His soft hands shots and whiplash pull-shots managed his Test average above 40. His contribution for West Indies’s middle-order is really a direct perception on the type of cut-throat player.
Chanderpaul was born on 16 August, 1974 in Unity Village, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. After performing well at domestic level he was shuffled around into the international cricket.
He joined his international Test cricket with debut against England in 1994 and added 62 runs from 163 deliveries in his team’s win. Chanderpaul has featured of 129 Test matches and has
scored 9063 runs with an average of 48.98. His Test career has 22 classic centuries and 55 glorious fifties including 203 runs as highest score.
Chanderpaul opened his account in One Day International match against India at Auckland during 1994. In his 264 ODI’s, he has 150 as highest runs with total score of 8695 runs, managing
his average at 41.60. Chanderpaul has 11 remarkable centuries and 59 half-centuries in ODI’s.
In his captaincy duration of 2005, he performed with a double-century in front of his home fans in Guyana. However his team could not succeed against South Africa in 2005. In April, 2006
he resigned to lead the West Indies team to make attentions on his batting.
His 301 runs in four Tests against India at home were tremendous for achieving his standard and then he performed really well to draw the match in Antigua. In St Kitts, with his glorious
fifty runs he pushed a victory to his team bizarrely by turning into defensive style.
In 2007, he was in great touch by scoring 744 runs setting his average of 57.33 with 6 fifties and two consecutive hundreds. In ODI’s his unbeaten 149 performance against India was the
highlighted performance for his team. And in three Tests he performed really well with 446 runs against England.
Mushfiqur Rahim
A wild-card inclusion in the Bangladeshis maiden tour of England in 2005, Mushfiqur Rahim was just 16 when he was a feature for that daunting trip and then in two Tests in May, followed
by six ODIs against England and Australia. Mushfiqur Rahim improved his quality in short period and was shuffled around in the One Day International and in Test cricket after performing well, proving himself as a productive Test run-maker and by working on
his glove-work. Mushfiqur Rahim proved himself as a real asset for Bangladeshis with his sharp wicket keeping and smart batting in Bangladesh team.
The middle-order wicket-keeper batsman made his debut in Test cricket against England in 2005 at Lord’s. He has played 23 Test matches in his career scoring 1140 runs with 32 splendid
catches. His average of 27.14 is really admirable for him who has 101 runs as his highest score in his career. He has 1 Test hundreds and 6 half-centuries in his career.
Mushfiqur Rahim shuffled into One Day International cricket against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2006. He has played 86 ODIs by scoring 1521 runs with an average of 23.76. He has splendid 7 fifties
in one day cricket with highest scoring of 98. In wicket-keeping side he has taken 57 catches.
In the end, with a vast experience, Chanderpaul deemed as sky touching batsmen with his legendary performances. On the other side the Bangladeshis middle-order batsman Mushfiqur Rahim
is proving well in experience standard. In the 18th World Cup match between West Indies and Bangladesh on 4 March at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium and now it remains to be seen, who perform well in this crucial clash?