July 12th 2023.
Virat Kohli is on the cusp of joining a prestigious list of cricketers, having been tipped to play against a father-son duo in international cricket. His opponents are the West Indies' Tagenarine Chanderpaul, son of the legendary Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Kohli had the privilege of playing against Shivnarine Chanderpaul a few years ago, during India's last Test tour to the Caribbean in 2011. This was Kohli's maiden Test series, and Chanderpaul's last against India at home.
Tagenarine, 27, has made a promising start to his Test career, having scored 453 runs from six Tests at an average of over 45, with one hundred and a fifty to his name. He made his debut against Australia in Perth in December last year.
If Tagenarine is included in the playing XI for the Dominica Test, then Kohli would have achieved a feat that has only been accomplished by cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. Master Blaster Tendulkar had played against Australia's Geoff Marsh in India's 1992 tour Down Under, and against his son Shaun Marsh in the 2011-12 Test series in Australia. Shaun Marsh had made his Test debut for Australia against India in the 2011-12 series at home, which happened to be Tendulkar's final red-ball international assignment away from home.
All eyes are now on Kohli as he gets ready to face the West Indies in the first Test of the two-match series in Dominica. It will be interesting to see if Kohli can join Tendulkar in this elite list.
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