Disappointed that Shivnarine Chanderpaul did not get a “proper send-off”, Brian Lara has said the people in his country don’t even understand the recently-retired veteran’s contribution to Caribbean cricket.

Lara hailed Chanderpaul as one of the “giants of West Indies cricket”. “Shiv, who played since 1994, had a tremendous career. I started with Shiv in Guyana and remember his first Test against England,” Lara was quoted as saying by the media here. “That guy with the most Tests for the West Indies, playing for over 20 years, I don’t think people in the West Indies understand exactly his contribution.” — PTI