Ramdin should not have declared before Chanderpaul reached his century

I AM OF the firm view that West Indies skipper Denesh Ramdin should not have declared before Shivnarine Chanderpaul reached his century. I think that the early declaration was not justified because there was ample time to bowl out Bangladesh twice. 

Reports from Arnos Vale state that the 40-year-old seemed to be satisfied with recording his 47th not out at this level, but I do not agree that he was at all satisfied because he was aiming at yet another hundred.
The veteran has so far scored 29 Test centuries amassing 11 414 Test runs — the second highest and he is now moving to surpass Brian Lara’s record of 11 953 with 34 centuries – 5 more than ‘Tiger’
The quiet middle-order batsman is very humble and he would not try to show his disagreement with his skipper for the early declaration.
He has not been dismissed on 34 occasions in his 93 Test innings where he has scored more than 50 runs. He is the most reliable batsman in the West Indies and maybe in the world. An old lawyer friend of mine, Desmond Maynard, of St Kitts, who practises in St Thomas said that Shiv is like “money in the bank” you can always rely on him.
Despite his excellent performance and his rather aggressive batting at times the selectors have not seen it fit to play him in One Day Internationals. Remember he scored the third fastest Test century.
He had a problem with former head coach Ottis Gibson who was trying to advise him from the pavilion how to bat. Now that Gibson is out I sincerely hope that Clive Lloyd will give him the nod.

(By Oscar Ramjeet)

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