49 Facts About Dwayne Bravo

Dwayne John Bravo was born on 7 October 1983 and is a Trinidadian cricketer, a former captain of the West Indies cricket team and the current bowling coach of Chennai Super Kings.

Between 2004 and 2021, Dwayne Bravo played 40 in Test matches, 164 One Day Internationals and 91 Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies.

Dwayne Bravo was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

Dwayne Bravo took the winning catch in the 2012 Final.

In domestic cricket, Dwayne Bravo has played for his native Trinidad and Tobago since 2002.

Dwayne Bravo has played for a number of other teams in leagues around the world.

Dwayne Bravo made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago against Barbados in 2002, opening the innings and scoring 15 and 16 but not bowling.

Dwayne Bravo 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.

Dwayne Bravo finished the Test series with 16 wickets and a total of 220 runs with his most impressive performance at Old 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.

Dwayne Bravo, backed by the West 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.

Dwayne Bravo was recalled for the second Test in Hobart and made a superb 113, after coming in at a very difficult stage for the West Indies.

Dwayne Bravo's innings lifted the West Indies and helped them regain some pride, forcing the Australians to bat for a second time in the match.

In West Indies tour of New Zealand in early 2006 Dwayne 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.

Dwayne Bravo's selection showed how far he had come in the previous two years and how crucial he had become to the West Indies team.

Dwayne Bravo's bowling contained some lethal slower-paced yorkers with which he dismissed Michael Clarke and Chris Read.

Dwayne Bravo played in all of West Indies games at the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

Dwayne Bravo 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.

Dwayne Bravo played in all West Indies games at the 2009 T20I World Cup and was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by Cricinfo for the 2009 T20I World Cup.

Dwayne Bravo was ruled out from the 2011 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.

Dwayne Bravo was rested for four weeks and could not participate further in the tournament.

Dwayne Bravo played in all of West Indies games at the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, which the West Indies won.

Dwayne Bravo played most of the tournament as a batsman as injury prevented him from bowling.

In 2014, during a tour of India, Dwayne Bravo was spokesman for the players during players strike which resulted in the tour being cancelled half way.

Dwayne Bravo was later omitted from the West Indies World Cup squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Dwayne Bravo then played in all of West Indies games at the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India, which the West Indies won.

Dwayne Bravo was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by Cricbuzz.

On 31 January 2015, Dwayne Bravo announced his retirement from Test cricket.

In December 2019, Dwayne Bravo came out of international retirement in preparation for the 2020 T20 World Cup.

In September 2021, Dwayne Bravo was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

On 6 November 2021, Dwayne Bravo retired from international cricket and played his last T20I match against Australia in the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.

Dwayne Bravo played for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League for the first three seasons.

Dwayne Bravo was picked up by the Chennai Super Kings during 2011 IPL Auctions.

Dwayne Bravo was one of the top performing players in the 2012 IPL playing for Chennai Super Kings scoring 461 runs at an average of 57 with a strike rate of 178.

Dwayne Bravo performed well in the 2013 IPL playing for Chennai Super Kings, taking 32 wickets at an average of 9.15 to win the Purple Cap and overthrow Albie Morkel to become Chennai Super Kings's leading wicket taker.

Dwayne Bravo launched his music single "Chalo Chalo" in Chennai on 3 May 2015.

Dwayne Bravo performed well in the 2015 IPL playing for Chennai Super Kings, taking 26 wickets and winning the purple cap for a second time.

Dwayne Bravo is the one of the two men who have won 2 purple caps.

Dwayne Bravo didn't put up a very good performance that year, but he impressed with his tight bowling in the death overs.

Dwayne Bravo is the leading wicket taker in the Indian Premier League, with 183 wickets.

Dwayne Bravo holds the joint-record for most wickets in a single edition of the league, taking 32 wickets in 2013.

Dwayne Bravo became the first player to win Purple Cap twice, for taking the most wickets in 2013 and 2015.

In 2016 PSL draft, Dwayne Bravo was picked by Lahore Qalandars in 2016 draft for US$70,000.

Dwayne Bravo captained the side in the absence of regular captain Azhar Ali.

Dwayne Bravo was retained by Qalandars for 2017 Season but he didn't play in the second season.

Dwayne Bravo's team won the tournament for the first time, defeating Peshawar Zalmi in the final.

Dwayne Bravo was the joint-leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with ten dismissals in six matches.

On 26 August 2020, in the match against the St Lucia Zouks, Dwayne Bravo became the first bowler to take 500 wickets in T20 cricket, and the first bowler to take 100 wickets in the CPL.

In 2016, Dwayne Bravo released his first single Champion to commemorate West Indies winning the 2016 World T20.

The release led to rumours of Dwayne Bravo acting in Bollywood.