West Indies Dwayne Bravo celebrates taking the wicket of England’s Moeen Ali. Bravo additionally performs for the Trinbago Knight Riders.
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All-rounder Dwayne Bravo has formally referred to as it quits on his profession. This comes after an harm, which took him out of final Tuesday’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match between Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) and the St. Lucia Kings on the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in Trinidad.
Forty-year-old Bravo needed to endure an MRI Scan, following which he took to social media to disclose his resolution to finish his profession.
Bravo had deliberate to retire on the finish of the CPL Match this 12 months, however TKR captain Kieron Pollard, at a press convention stated the “Grasp” had different plans.
“So far as Dwayne is anxious, I noticed in his Instagram web page about 15 to twenty minutes in the past that he referred to as time on his taking part in profession, in order that’s it for Dwayne Bravo by way of cricket,” Captain Pollard stated.
“He has given cricket quite a bit, and for us within the camp, it’s heart-breaking as a result of we all know how onerous he labored with the intention to end this event and to be with us, however sadly the grasp all the time has totally different plans. For him it’s heart-wrenching, however because the champion will all the time say he has given it his all, and for us as teammates and mates, we’ll all attempt to do as a lot as doable to make him smile on the finish of it. So from all of us, thanks, Dwayne,” Pollard stated.
Bravo’s harm was one in every of only a few suffered by TKR which Pollard stated due to these accidents they’ve needed to make modifications which can have affected their efficiency.
Pollard is looking on native gamers to be aware of themselves as there’s a want for replacements for Bravo and the opposite gamers.
He added, “Thus far Shakir Parris and Nathan Edwards, they’ve proven us what they will do. And hopefully, sooner or later, we are able to have extra of these abilities coming by as a result of we’d like the following batches of the Sunil Narine and Dwayne Bravos, Pollards, the Denesh Ramdins from Trinidad as effectively.”
Bravo’s profession: Dwayne John Bravo is a former captain of the West Indies Cricket crew and the present bowling coach of Chennai Tremendous Kings and the Afghanistan nationwide males’s crew.
He’s the best wicket-taker in T20 cricket historical past. In his distinguished 18-year profession in T20 cricket, Bravo gained a number of titles within the Indian Premier League (IPL), Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL), and Massive Bash League (BBL).
He additionally performed for Trinbago Knight Riders within the CPL and for the Texas Tremendous Kings within the Main League Cricket. A right-arm seam bowling all-rounder, Bravo is well-known for his aggressive lower-order batting and his bowling within the last overs of a match. He was considered probably the greatest demise bowlers in T20 Cricket.
Between 2004 and 2021, Bravo performed 40 Check matches, 164 One-Day Internationals and 91 T20 Internationals for the West Indies. He was a key member of the West Indies crew. He additionally performs as a singer.
After initially saying his retirement from worldwide cricket in October 2018, Bravo got here out of retirement in December 2019 in preparation for the 2020 T20 World Cup.
Bravo retires as essentially the most embellished participant in CPL historical past, with 5 titles to his identify, together with three with TKR.
Bravo ends his profession with 631 wickets from 582 T20 appearances, second solely to fellow West Indian Pollard.
