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DJ Bravo

Dwayne Bravo

43y 10d Santa Cruz, Trinidad
Born
October 7, 1983, Santa Cruz, Trinidad
Playing Roles
allrounder
Batting Style
right-hand bat
Bowling Style
right-arm medium
Fielding Pos
N/A
Intl Career
2004 - 2021

Profile & Biography

An allrounder with plenty of flair and skill both as a batter and seam bowler, Dwayne Bravo will go down as one of T20's early legends - he played seven World Cups in the format, winning two, as well as over 15 franchise league titles, and was the first bowler to get to 500 T20 wickets.
He grew up wanting to be the next Brian Lara, but eventually made his name in the shortest format, particularly for his death-overs bowling and big hitting. Bravo might have had a longer career with West Indies in the other formats, but injuries, disagreements with the board, and the explosion of franchise cricket limited his appearances to 40 Tests and 164 ODIs.
He made his Test debut at Lord's in July 2004, and took three wickets in the first innings with his medium-paced swingers. He also showed a cool enough temperament to forge a confident start at the crease with the bat, but nowhere was his ability more evident than in Manchester, where he top-scored for the team, and then restricted England with a six-wicket haul. He hit 107 against South Africa in April 2004-05 at Antigua to bring up his maiden Test century, and in November 2005, scored a magnificent 113 against Australia in Hobart.
In 2010, along with Kieron Pollard, Bravo turned down a WICB central contract that required him to be available to play for West Indies at all times. The next year he chose the IPL over a home series against Pakistan. Between 2011 and 2013, West Indies played 24 Tests but Bravo didn't appear in any of them. He retired from Test cricket in January 2015.
He took over from Daren Sammy as West Indies' limited-overs captain in 2013 and held the post till December 2014, when the selectors replaced him with Jason Holder and left him out of the ODI side two months after he had played a central role in the team pulling out of a tour to India midway over issues with the payment structure in their revised contracts.
In between, he became a fixture in the Chennai Super Kings line-up in the IPL, topping the tournament wickets table in 2013 and 2015, and replicating that achievement in the CPL in 2015 and 2016, and the BBL in 2017-18.
Bravo announced his international retirement in October 2018 but reversed his decision over a year later in order to defend West Indies' T20 World Cup title. After their early exit in the tournament, he walked away once more, at the age of 38.

Batting Career Summary

Full Stats
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test40711220011331.42452748.5931326921410
ODI164141242968112*25.36360682.321024058730
T20I917417125566*22.011091115.03047355440
FC1001807530219730.64-830890
List A227198304046112*24.08-2131050
T20582442131697070*22.415556125.440204473352750

Bowling Career Summary

Full Stats
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test406164663426866/556/8439.833.1775.1200
ODI164150651158741996/436/4329.515.4132.7100
T20I917715052036784/194/1926.18.1119.2000
FC1001102559181776/1133.433.2262.2700
List A227860974942716/436/4327.655.2231.7200
T2058254611183154026315/235/2324.48.2617.7200

Top Records by DJ Bravo

All Records
2

Best figures in a innings by a captain

ODI
6
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1000 runs and 100 wickets

ODI
#

1000 runs, 50 wickets and 50 catches

ODI

Photos of DJ Bravo

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Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine at Queen's Park Oval
Dwayne Bravo's jersey was retired before the game
Jason Holder and Dwayne Bravo pose with the trophy
Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle were in the house
Dwayne Bravo presents Andre Russell a special jersey after the latter became just the third man to play 600 T20s
Abhishek Nayar addresses media with Dwayne Bravo in Kolkata