Father’s day: 7 father-son pairs to have played in the same cricket match

One cannot have a better role model than a father.

Some players have cricket (or other sports) in their blood. Their childhood idol is their father, who would have played the sport at the highest level.

One cannot deny that fathers, having played at some level or the other, usually work towards moulding their children in the same discipline.

Talking just about cricket, be it bowling, batting or mere fielding actions, the son or daughter will aim to replicate their father on the field when they grow up and take the sport professionally. The father is usually the first coach, the most supportive person, who sticks around to inspire the child to represent the country one day.

The story gets better if the son gets to play with his father for the same team. History is proof that there have been such beautiful and emotional instances in cricket. Instances of fathers and sons playing alongside one another in domestic cricket have been rare in recent decades, but it’s never happened in international cricket.

The latest instance was when West Indian legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul and his teenage son Tagenarine played together in the domestic circuit. Ever since Tagenarine made his First-Class debut in 2013, the father-son …read more