sentences:  A protégé of Brian Lara, Barath became the youngest West Indian player to make his first-class debut since Ramnaresh Sarwan when he first appeared for Trinidad and Tobago at 16.In his debut match, Barath scored 73 against Guyana and put on a 170 runs partnership with captain Daren Ganga.This gave them the record for Trinidad and Tobago highest opening partnership in first-class cricket.