Shiv replaces Persaud for St. Kitts game

The Guyana Jaguars have made one change to the squad which beat the Windwards Volcanoes by seven wickets in three days here on Saturday for their next match which starts on Thursday in St Kitts.
West Demerara Franchise Captain Akshaya Persaud was selected on the bank of scoring the most runs in the GCB three-day Franchise League but was not selected for Guyana’s first two games this season.
The experienced Shiv Chanderpaul, a veteran of 164 Tests, is now available and the 43 year-old replaces the 19-year-old Persaud in the squad which will leave for St Kitts today where the oppose second placed Leewards Hurricane at the small Warner Park ground.

The 38-year-old Rayon Griffith, the Chairman of the National selection panel is the Manager and Assistant Coach of the Jaguars and backs Chanderpaul’s return.
“Shiv’s presence has always been something great around this Jaguars team for the past four years since I have been around the squad. I think his presence both on and off the field has always been important.
The younger players learn a lot from Shiv especially looking at this team at the present moment it has a lot young players that have been participating in the first two matches,” said the former Guyana pacer.

Many feel that Rajendra Chandrika should have been the player dropped for Chanderpaul since the 28-year-old has a Test Average of 14.00 from his five Tests in which he scored a double duck on debut in Australia and a couple of singles in his last Test against India. In 58 First-Class games the right-hander has just a single century.
Elegant, but woefully out of form, Chandrika fell cheaply here in both innings to terrible shots to short balls after failing at Providence against Jamaica last week following ordinary performance in Guyana’s Franchise League.

Griffith hinted that Chandrika might have been lucky to be going to St Kitts when he said he informed that the ticket for Persaud was confirmed before Chandrika threw his wicket away in the second innings.