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Full name | Dwayne John Bravo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (age 41) Santa Cruz,Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-armmedium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Darren Bravo (half-brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 256) | 22 July 2004 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 1 December 2010 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 121) | 18 April 2004 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 17 October 2014 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 2) | 16 February 2006 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 6 November 2021 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001/02–2018/19 | Trinidad and Tobago[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Mumbai Indians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009/10–2010/11 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Chennai Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2020, 2023-2024 | Trinbago Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013/14–2017/18 | Melbourne Renegades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014/15–2015/16 | Dolphins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Gujarat Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Chennai Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | St Kitts and Nevis Patriots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Texas Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,7 January 2024 |
Dwayne John Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a Trinidadian retiredcricketer, a former captain of theWest Indies cricket team and the current mentor ofKolkata Knight Riders in theIndian Premier League. Prior to that, he served as a bowling coach ofChennai Super Kings in the IPL for the 2023 and 2024 seasons and also served as a bowling consultant ofAfghanistan national cricket team for the 2024 T20 World Cup. A right-arm seam bowlingall-rounder, Bravo was well known for his aggressive lower-order batting and for his bowling in the final overs of a match. During his prime, he was regarded as one of the bestdeath bowlers in T20 cricket.[1] He also performs as a singer.[2]
Between 2004 and 2021, Bravo played 40 inTest matches, 164One Day Internationals and 91Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies. He was a key member of the West Indies team that won the2004 ICC Champions Trophy, the2012 ICC World Twenty20 (where he took the winning catch), and the2016 ICC World Twenty20. After initially announcing his retirement from international cricket in October 2018, he came out of retirement in December 2019 in preparation for the2020 T20 World Cup.
In domestic cricket, Bravo has played for his nativeTrinidad and Tobago since 2002. He played for a number of other teams in leagues around the world until his retirement in September 2024.[3]
Bravo made hisfirst-class debut forTrinidad and Tobago againstBarbados in 2002, opening the innings and scoring 15 and 16 but not bowling. He scored his maiden first-class century a month later and was included in the West Indies A squad for their tour of England in 2002. In early 2003 he scored another century but it was a spell of bowling in which he took 6–11 against the Windward Islands that brought him to prominence as an all-rounder.
Bravo made hisOne Day International debut against England in their 2003/04 tour of theCaribbean, in a match in which he failed to bat but took 2–31 with the ball. In the West Indiestour ofEngland in 2004 Bravo made hisTest debut when he was selected for the First Test atLord's in which he scored 44 and 10 and took three wickets. He finished the Test series with 16 wickets and a total of 220 runs with his most impressive performance atOld Trafford in a match in which he was the top scorer in the first innings with 77 followed by an 6 for 55 performance with the ball. The latter remains his best bowling figures in Test cricket.
During a Test series againstSouth Africa in 2005, Bravo scored his maiden century – 107 before getting out toMark Boucher – in the fourth Test in Antigua, but that was overshadowed when he accused South AfricanGraeme Smith of directing a racist comment at him. At the subsequent hearing no evidence could be found and charges were dropped against Smith, who immediately demanded an apology from Bravo.[4] Bravo, backed by theWest Indies Cricket Board, refused to do so and received a hail of criticism from an indignant South African press while finding support at home as a human rights campaigner.
On theWest Indies tour of Australia in 2005, Bravo was controversially not picked for the first Test atBrisbane in which the West Indies were beaten convincingly. He was recalled for the second Test inHobart and made a superb 113, after coming in at a very difficult stage for the West Indies. His innings lifted the West Indies and helped them regain some pride, forcing the Australians to bat for a second time in the match. In the third and final match of the series atAdelaide, he bowled a superb spell in the Australians first innings taking 6 for 84.
In West Indies tour of New Zealand in early 2006 Bravo strained his left side in the Twenty20 game at the start of the tour and was unable to bowl but still played in all three tests as a specialist batsman. His selection showed how far he had come in the previous two years and how crucial he had become to the West Indies team.[5]
After a disappointing series inIndia Bravo returned to top form in theICC Champions Trophy 2006 when he took 7 wickets at an average of 27.57 and scored 164 runs at an average of 41 although most of the runs were scored in a dead rubber match with England in which he made his first ever ODI century scoring a majestic 112 not out as part of a second wicket stand of 174 withChris Gayle. His bowling contained some lethal slower-paced yorkers with which he dismissedMichael Clarke andChris Read.
During the Third Test againstEngland atOld Trafford on 9 June 2007, Bravo acted as an emergency wicket-keeper in place ofDenesh Ramdin who had gone off for treatment after being hit on the head with the ball. In the same Test he took the wicket of England batsmanKevin Pietersen with abouncer which struck the batsman's helmet knocking the helmet off of his head onto the stumps and dislodging the bails causing Pietersen to be given out hit wicket.
Bravo played in all of West Indies games at the2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. He had a disappointing World Cup scoring 129 runs at an average of 21.50 and although he took 13 wickets at 27.76 his economy rate was 5.56. Against South Africa he conceded 69 runs off 7 overs including 18 off his first over.
He played in all West Indies games at the 2009 T20I World Cup and was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNcricinfo for the 2009 T20I World Cup.[6]
He was ruled out from the2011 Cricket World Cup in India due to the knee injury when he slipped at the wicket while bowling to South African batsman on 24 February 2011 at Delhi. He was rested for four weeks and could not participate further in the tournament.[7]
He played in all of West Indies games at the2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, which the West Indies won. He played most of the tournament as a batsman as injury prevented him from bowling. For his performances in 2012, he was named in the T20I XI of the year by ESPNcricinfo.[8]
In 2014, during a tour of India, Bravo was spokesman for the players during players strike which resulted in the tour being cancelled half way. He was later omitted from the West Indies World Cup squad for the2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The West Indies struggled in his absence, especially in the bowling department.
He then played in all of West Indies games at the2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India, which the West Indies won. His high qualitydeath bowling is considered to be one of the main reasons that the West Indies won the title.[9] He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by Cricbuzz.[10]
In May 2019,Cricket West Indies (CWI) named him as one of ten reserve players in theWest Indies' squad for the2019 Cricket World Cup.[11][12]
On 31 January 2015, Bravo announced his retirement from Test cricket.[13] In October 2018, he announced his retirement from international cricket in all formats but will continue to play franchise T20 cricket.[14] In December 2019, Bravo came out of international retirement in preparation for the2020 T20 World Cup.[15]
In September 2021, Bravo was named in the West Indies' squad for the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[16]
On 6 November 2021, Bravo retired from international cricket and played his lastT20I match againstAustralia in theSheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.[17] He continued to play league cricket across the globe and finally announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 27 September 2024.[18][19]
Dwayne Bravo played for theMumbai Indians in theIndian Premier League for the first three seasons. He was picked up by theChennai Super Kings[20] during2011 IPL Auctions. He was one of the top performing players in the2012 IPL playing forChennai Super Kings scoring 461 runs at an average of 57 with a strike rate of 178. He also performed well in the2013 IPL playing forChennai Super Kings, taking 32 wickets at an average of 9.15 to win thePurple Cap and overthrowAlbie Morkel to become Chennai Super Kings's leading wicket taker. DuringIPL 2014 he sustained a shoulder injury in the first match againstKings XI Punjab and was subsequently ruled out of the remaining matches. He launched his music single "Chalo Chalo" in Chennai on 3 May 2015.[21]
He performed well in the2015 IPL playing forChennai Super Kings, taking 26 wickets and winning the purple cap for a second time. He is one of the two men who have won 2 purple caps.[22] On the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of IPL, he was also named in the all-time ESPNcricinfo IPL XI[23]After the suspension ofChennai Super Kings for 2 years, he was bought byGujarat Lions. Later in2018 IPL he was retained for 64.0 million byChennai Super Kings again. In2019 IPL too, he was again retained by Chennai Super Kings. He didn't put up a very good performance that year, but he impressed with his tight bowling in thedeath overs.[24]The following season while playing for Chennai, Bravo suffered a groin injury which ruled him out of the back end of the tournament.[25]
In the 2022 IPL Auction, Dwayne was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for ₹4.40 crores.[26] On 2 Dec 2022, he announced his retirement from IPL, and subsequently replacedLakshmipathy Balaji as the bowling coach of the same franchise.[27] In 3 years time, he switched and signed as mentor for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025,[28] while he was associated with the Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL 2024, the last tournament he played before announcing the retirement.
Bravo is the leading wicket taker in the Indian Premier League, with 183 wickets.[29] He holds the joint-record for most wickets in a single edition of the league, taking 32 wickets in 2013. The record was later equaled byHarshal Patel in 2021.[30] He became the first player to winPurple Cap twice, for taking the most wickets in 2013 and 2015.
In 2016 PSL draft, Bravo was picked byLahore Qalandars in2016 draft for US$70,000. His team finished last and were disqualified. He also captained the side in the absence of regular captainAzhar Ali. He was retained by Qalandars for2017 Season but he didn't play in the second season.
Dwayne Bravo signed withPeshawar Zalmi in2018 draft.[31]
In2019 draft he signed withQuetta Gladiators. His team won the tournament for the first time, defeating Peshawar Zalmi in the final.
In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for thefirst edition of theGlobal T20 Canada cricket tournament.[32][33] On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the tournament.[34][35]
In October 2018, he was named inPaarl Rocks' squad for thefirst edition of theMzansi Super League T20 tournament.[36][37] He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with ten dismissals in six matches.[38] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks franchise team in the2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[39]
In July 2020, he was named in theTrinbago Knight Riders squad for the2020 Caribbean Premier League.[40][41] On 26 August 2020, in the match against theSt Lucia Zouks, Bravo became the first bowler to take 500 wickets in T20 cricket, and the first bowler to take 100 wickets in the CPL.[42] In April 2022, he was bought by theNorthern Superchargers for the2022 season ofThe Hundred in England.[43]
In June 2023, Bravo was selected to play for theTexas Super Kings for the inaugural season ofMajor League Cricket.[44] He only appeared in four matches due to an injury, but still managed the second highest average of 68 for the season, scoring 136 runs.[45][46]
In 2016, Bravo released his first singleChampion to commemorate West Indies winning the2016 World T20.[47] The single became a runaway hit in India, topping charts.[48] The release led to rumours of Bravo acting in Bollywood. He responded by saying, "Jashoda Madhavji from my team is working on it and given her expertise, a film may just happen. I have been getting offers, but I need to find something that brings out the actor in me and fans can relate to Bravo, the actor, just as they have related to Bravo, the singer."[49]