In a glittering and fun-filled evening on December 17, 2022, at the Lanier Technical College auditorium, Cumming, GA, in the presence of ICC’s latest Hall of Famer and former West Indies skipper Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the Atlanta Cricket League organizing committee gave away the winners’ trophies for ACL 2022.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul said focus, hard work, determination, and dedication are the only virtues that can help them achieve their goals.
In October 2022, the West Indies Run Machine, Chanderpaul, was inducted into the USA Cricket Hall of Fame.
In all, Chanderpaul played 164 Tests for the West Indies cricket team, aggregating 11,867 runs at a strike rate of 43.31. He scored 8,778 runs in 251 ODI innings, while in the shortest format of the game, the left-handed batsman scored 343 runs in 22 innings. His highest score in international cricket was 203*.
This is the first instance in history that a cricketer has been inducted in the USA Cricket Hall of Fame, first in the world, and the international body in such close proximity.
ACL helmed by President Revanth Kundoor, said 2660 players, representing 150 teams, played in the tournament that spanned 18 months.
The event happened in three categories, T12 (12 overs game which we name Spring KO), and two main Leagues T20 (20 overs Championship) and F15 (15 overs and 9 players).
During the event Chanderpaul also answered to many queries from fans where he said that the former Pakistani legend Wasim Akarm was the toughest bowler he faced during his career. And to another query on who is the best batters in the current generation, Chanderpaul named the ex-Indian skipper Virat Kohli as his first choice to a huge applause from the crowd.
While giving some useful tips to the youngsters Chanderpaul said that “focus, hard work, determination and dedication” are the only virtues that can help them achieve their goal.
Congratulating the organizing committee for putting up such a grand show with such huge participation and an event that was successfully held for such a long duration, he said,
“It is amazing what you are doing here to popularize the game in this country and take the game to the next level. I wish you all the success in all your future endeavors.”
The West Indies Run Machine, Chanderpaul, was inducted into the USA Cricket Hall of Fame.
This is the first instance in history that a cricketer has been inducted in the USA Cricket Hall of Fame, first in the world, and the international body in such close proximity.
Recently, Former West Indies batter Shivnarine Chanderpaul will step down as the head coach of the USA senior women’s and U19 teams after the inaugural ICC U-19 Women’s World Cup in South Africa, USA cricket announced in a statement on Wednesday.