Sacking of Chanderpaul distressing – Minister Roopnaraine 

Minister of Education with responsibility for Sport, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine has described the ‘sacking’ of veteran Guyanese batsmen Shivnarine Chanderpaul from the West Indies cricket team as ‘distressing’.

“The manner of his going, really does no justice to the manner of his performance over the years, and what he has meant to us,” Roopnaraine told GINA.

“I think that the response of the Guyana Cricket Board was heartedly robust. It clearly is a decision that we in Guyana feel distressed about. Chanderpaul has for so long been a titan on the cricketing scene in the Caribbean and it is difficult right now to