By Rajiv Bisnauth

DUBBED as one of the most promising cricketers of the Region, Chanderpaul Hemraj has had little success in his short first-class career to date.The former West Indies Under-19 batsman, who has the ambition of representing the West Indies in all formats at the senior level, has appeared in five first-class matches, but played his last game in April 2014 against the Leeward Islands.

Four of those matches have been played on foreign soil, and Hemraj has managed 131 runs at an average of 13.10 with a highest score of 34.

However, the talented batsman in an exclusive interview yesterday said he is not thinking about the past, but is determined to do whatever it takes to facilitate his first-class return.

“I am not to worry about the past, in my view those games [first-class] are in the past; what I am aiming for is to improve my game, and hopefully I will be a part of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL) Draft for 2016-2017.

“I am only 22, fit and hungry to revive my first-class career,” Hemraj, who had a stint with the Sagicor High Performance Centre, said.

To fulfil that, Hemraj, who is among the academy’s players named by Cricket Guy Inc (CGI) in November last year, is training twice a day in order to maintain his fitness level during the current off-season.

“I have been in training twice a day… also at the gym, so on the fitness side of things I am up there,” He said.