Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer
Dwayne John Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a Trinidadian cricketer and a former captain of the West Indies cricket team. A genuine right arm fast bowling all-rounder, well known for his aggressive batting in the lower order, and for the variety of lengths in last overs . During his prime, he was regarded as one of the best death bowlers in T20 Cricket. He also performs as a singer.Since 2004, Bravo has played 40 Test matches, 164 One Day Internationals and 91 Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies. He 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.
In domestic cricket, Bravo has played for his native Trinidad and Tobago since 2002. He has also played for the Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Lions and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, the Lahore Qalanders and Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League, the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League, the Chittagong Kings in the Bangladesh Premier League, and Kent and Essex in English county cricket. In 2013, he was named as a franchise player at the launch of the Caribbean Premier League.After initially announcing his retirement from international cricket in October 2018, Bravo came out of retirement in December 2019 in preparation for the 2020 T20 World Cup. On 10th October 2021, while playing with Chennai Super Kings, Bravo completed 550 wickets in his T20 career in the Qualifier 1 match of Indian Premier League against Delhi Capitals.