Dwayne Bravo

Dwayne John Bravo is a former West Indies cricketer and was one of the best all-rounders in the T20 format of the game. He was born on October 7, 1983, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago. The all-rounder was a right-handed batter and a right-handed medium-fast bowler. Self-proclaimed as ‘Sir Champion,” the Trinidadian added a Caribbean flavor to cricket and lived up to his name. His on-field celebratory gestures and dance moves were the icing on the cake atop his cricketing expertise.

With the bat, the West Indian clobbered the ball out of the park with an extended bat swing, a delight to watch for the T20 enthusiasts. His agile fielding and sharp catching made him a bankable fielder who was entrusted to stand at the edge of the boundary cushions. As a bowler, Bravo was renowned for his trademark juicy full-toss dips in sharply in the last moment like a football free-kick and knocked over the stumps. 

The 40-year-old cricketer announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on September 27, 2024. His unmatched energy and contagious zeal presented what a Caribbean cricketer could bring to the table. With one of T20’s very own globetrotters calling time on his decorated career, Bravo has left behind a huge void in the shortest format of the game. 

Dwayne Bravo: Along the Years

Dwayne Bravo Records

• Third-best bowling figures in an innings by a captain in ODIs (10-1-43-6)

• Leading wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League 2013 (32)

• Joint-most wickets in a single edition of the Indian Premier League (32 wickets in IPL 2013)

• Joint second-most wickets in a single edition of a T20 tournament (32 wickets in IPL 2013)

• Third-most wickets for West Indies in ODIs (199)

• Leading wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League 2015 (26)

• First bowler to win two Purple Caps in Indian Premier League history

• Most instances of a bowler taking 25+ wickets in a T20 tournament (3)

• Joint-most Purple Caps in Indian Premier League history 

• Involved in the second-highest partnership for the ninth wicket in T20Is amongst full-member nations with Jerome Taylor (66) 

• One of the three players to have scored 1000 runs and taken 50 wickets in each format of the game

• Joint-most instances of a bowler dismissing a batter in T20 cricket (Dismissed Kieron Pollard 10 times)

• Most instances of a player scoring 500 runs and taking 50 wickets in a calendar year (4)

• First bowler to take 300 T20 wickets

• First bowler to take 400 T20 wickets

• First bowler to take 500 T20 wickets

• Only pacer to take 500 T20 wickets

• Most titles won as a player in the Caribbean Premier League (5)

• Most titles won as a captain in the Caribbean Premier League (4)

• Joint fourth-most titles won as a captain in T20s (4) 

• Most wickets taken caught and bowled by a West Indian in T20Is (7)

• Most wickets taken caught and bowled in T20s (32)

• Most wickets for West Indies in T20Is (78)

• Second-most wickets for West Indies in T20 World Cups (27)

• Most catches for West Indies in T20Is (44)

• Most catches for West Indies in T20 World Cups (15)

• Most wickets for the Chennai Super Kings (154)

• First player to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in Indian Premier League

• Most wickets by a pacer in Indian Premier League history (183)

• Third-most wickets in Indian Premier League history (183)

• Joint-most instances of 3+ catches in an innings in T20s (11)

• First bowler to take 600 T20 wickets 

• Second-most appearances by a player in a calendar year (72 in 2016)

• Most wickets in death overs (overs 16-20) in T20 history (322)

• Only player to score 5,000 runs and take 500 wickets in T20s

• Most titles won by a player in T20s (17)

• Second-most appearances in finals of T20 tournaments (26)

• Part of the exclusive list of players to score 5,000 runs, scalp 300 wickets, and take 200 catches 

• Most wickets in T20 knockouts (74)

• Third-most catches by a fielder in T20s (275)

• Second-most appearances by an individual in T20 history (582)

• Second-most innings in T20s without a century (442) 

• Most wickets in the Caribbean Premier League (129)

• Most wickets in T20 history (631)

• Second-most balls bowled in T20s (11183)

Dwayne Bravo Awards and Accolades

• Contracted as one of the six franchise players in the inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League in 2013

• Purple Cap in Indian Premier League 2013

• Purple Cap in Indian Premier League 2015

• Player Of The Series in Caribbean Premier League 2015

Dwayne Bravo Career

Dwayne Bravo delivered the promise from paper to the pitch. The former West Indian all-rounder made T20s his and enjoyed an illustrious professional career across formats. He drew curtains on his career from all forms of cricket in September 2024. Ahead of the IPL 2025 season, the 40-year-old joined the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as a mentor, replacing the role of Gautam Gambhir. With that appointment, Bravo was also named as part of the Knight Riders’ global franchise coaching setup. Earlier, he also worked as a bowling consultant for the Afghanistan cricket team in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

Dwayne Bravo Domestic Career

Bravo scored 31 runs in two innings in his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago against Barbados in the Busta Cup in February 2002. He toured with the West Indies A side in England in 2002.

His prolific 2003 season, especially a ton and 6 for 11 against Windwards Islands brought him closer to the national team. Bravo domestically represented Trinidad and Tobago. 

Dwayne Bravo CPL Career

In the Caribbean Premier League, Dwayne Bravo played for the Trinbago Knight Riders and St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots. He led the Knight Riders to four CPL titles, the most by a skipper in CPL history.

He was adjudged the ‘Player Of The Series’ for bagging 28 wickets and scoring 173 runs as well in CPL 2015.

In that season, the all-rounder also registered his maiden T20 five-wicket haul.

Before the start of CPL 2024, Bravo had decided to call it quits from CPL. Unfortunately, he had to forcefully retire from the Caribbean T20 extravaganza in the middle of the tournament after suffering a groin injury. However, he ended his CPL career as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker. Not only in the CPL, he finished his decorated career as the highest wicket-taker in T20 history as well.

Dwayne Bravo CLT20 Career

In the now-defunct Champions League T20 (CLT20), Dwayne Bravo had represented the likes of his home team Trinidad and Tobago, Mumbai Indians, and Chennai Super Kings. In what turned out to be the final season of the global T20 showpiece, Bravo was part of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad that won the CLT20 2014. 

Dwayne Bravo BBL Career

In his first experience in the Big Bash League (BBL), Dwayne Bravo played a few matches for Sydney Sixers in the 2011-12 season. He then moved to the Melbourne Renegades and enjoyed a good stint for five seasons.

He picked up his maiden BBL five-wicket haul against the Hobart Hurricanes in the 2017-18 season. With that fifer, he also became the first bowler to scalp 400 wickets in T20s.

In the very next season, Bravo played for the Melbourne Stars and picked up 15 wickets in as many innings. 

Dwayne Bravo IPL Career

It was only fitting that Dwayne Bravo made his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians (MI) against what turned out to be their eventual rivals Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in the inaugural edition of the IPL. He went wicketless in his maiden outing but managed to play a cameo which went in vain as the Super Kings won by a close margin of 6 runs. 

After plying his skills for the Mumbai Indians in the first three seasons where he played 30 matches and took 26 wickets, Bravo was taken up by the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2011 IPL. He went on to become one of the main faces of the franchise along with skipper MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina. His persona matched the franchise's fan base and he was one of the vital cogs of Chennai's success. 

He also 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. His all-round usefulness led the CSK think tank to retain him ahead of the 2014 season. 

During IPL 2014, he sustained a shoulder injury in the first match against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) and was subsequently ruled out of the remaining matches. In the IPL 2015 season, he returned to win the coveted Purple Cap with 26 wickets. Ahead of IPL 2016, the former West Indian all-rounder was picked by the new team and now-defunct Gujarat Lions in the player draft. An injury ruled him out of the IPL 2017 season.

Come 2018 IPL Player auction, he was picked up by CSK at INR 6.40 crores using the Right-to-Match card. In the very first game in the Super Kings' return to the IPL fold after facing a two-year suspension, Bravo staged one of the greatest innings in IPL history. Against arch-rivals and his former team Mumbai Indians, he rescued CSK from the jaws of defeat to announce their arrival and give the millions of fans a chance to rejoice in their comeback. Bravo was instrumental in scripting a fairytale comeback for the Super Kings that inspired them to clinch their third IPL title in that season. 

In what turned out to be a rare dismal season for the Super Kings in IPL 2020, Bravo was ruled out of the tournament with a groin injury in the middle of the season. The West Indian was once again instrumental in the Super Kings lifting their fourth IPL trophy in IPL 2021. 

The CSK mainstay was bought back for INR 4.40 crores in the IPL 2022 mega auction. He announced his retirement from IPL in December 2022 and succeeded Lakshmipathy Balaji as their bowling coach. After experiencing mixed results in the two seasons, Bravo decided to part ways with the CSK unit and decided to take over the reins of Gautam Gambhir in KKR’s setup as their mentor for IPL 2025.

Dwayne Bravo International Career

Dwayne Bravo has been a household name in the T20 formats. Despite his T20 prowess, his all-format exploits have been foreshadowed. He was a dedicated servant of the West Indian cricket team, both on and off the field. The former West Indian all-rounder announced his international retirement in 2018 but came out of it to defend the Men in Maroon’s title in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. He announced his retirement from international cricket once and for all after featuring in the final league game at the T20 World Cup 2021.

Dwayne Bravo ODI Career

Dwayne Bravo picked up two crucial wickets of Andrew Strauss and Marcus Trescothick in his ODI debut against England at Georgetown in April 2004. In his third match, a brisk 12 runs in 6 balls helped West Indies to seal the match. He was part of the victorious West Indies squad that won the ICC Champions Trophy in September 2004. 

In May 2006, Bravo steered West Indies to victory against India with an unbeaten 61 and taking three wickets in the fourth ODI along with holding his nerve to pick Yuvraj Singh at a crucial time in the second ODI. In what eventually turned out to be his standout and go-to deliveries, Bravo credits that particular ball to the southpaw that went on to change his life and make the world notice his potential in the shortest format of the game. In the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 held in India, Bravo registered his maiden ODI century against England.

Bravo played in all of West Indies games at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies. He had a disappointing World Cup scoring 129 runs at an average of 21.50. Although he took 13 wickets at 27.76, his economy rate was 5.56, which was pretty costly at that time. He was ruled out of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in India due to a knee injury when he slipped at the wicket while bowling to a South African batter on February 24 in Delhi. He was rested for four weeks and could not participate further in the tournament. 

In the second ODI of the West Indies’s tour of Zimbabwe in 2013, Bravo grabbed his first and only five-wicket haul in ODIs. He returned with figures of 10-1-43-6 and recorded the third-best bowling figures in an innings by a captain in ODIs in the process. Bravo pulled out from the India tour due to a dispute over payment structure with the West Indies board after the fourth ODI in October 2014 which was eventually his last ODI. Owing to the payment disparities, Bravo was also overlooked from the radar of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

Dwayne Bravo Test Career

Three months after his international debut, Dwayne Bravo took three wickets scoring 44 and 10 in the two innings in his Test debut against England at Lord’s. In the same series, the former all-rounder picked up his maiden Test five-wicket haul in the fourth test in Manchester. He displayed grit scoring 77 runs and scalping six wickets for 55. Bravo amassed 213 runs in two Tests against Australia including a patient 113 in Hobart and 6 for 86 in Adelaide in November 2005. Due to injury and preference for T-20 leagues, Bravo played only 40 tests out of 81 tests of West Indies till 2013. He played his last Test in December 2010 ultimately retiring in January 2015 from the Test format.

Dwayne Bravo T20I Career

On his T20I debut, Dwayne Bravo evinced his all-round skill taking two wickets and scoring 19 runs off 16 balls in a tied game against New Zealand in Auckland in February 2006. He scored 154 runs at 38.50 taking 10 wickets at 18.40 in the ICC World Twenty20 2009. Bravo’s four wickets and 66 runs off 36 balls won the match against India at Lord’s. 

Bravo played in the ICC World Twenty20 2010 which was hosted by the West Indies. He could manage to pick up just 5 wickets in 5 innings. An injury meant that Bravo played mostly as a pure batter at the ICC World Twenty20 2012 held in Sri Lanka. He was part of the victorious squad that scripted history by defeating hosts Sri Lanka in the final. In the subsequent ICC World T20 held in Bangladesh in 2014, Bravo and skipper Darren Sammy forged a match-winning partnership of 71 runs against Pakistan to help the defending champions storm into the semifinals.

He then played in all of the West Indies games at the 2016 ICC World T20 in India, which the West Indies won.

His high-quality death bowling is considered to be one of the main reasons that the West Indies won the title.

In early 2020, Bravo earned a surprise recall to the West Indies T20I side with it being a World Cup year and one more T20 World Cup scheduled in 2021. However, with the World Cup postponed due to COVID-19, it was needed to be seen if Bravo was to get a second call-up or not. 

Bravo eventually returned to T20Is and was recalled to defend the West Indies title at the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

The defending champions only managed to pick up a solitary victory and crashed out of the group stage itself. Bravo announced his international retirement after the final fixture against Australia and was given a guard of honor.

Dwayne Bravo Captaincy

Of all the skills Dwayne Bravo possessed on the cricket field, his captaincy was the underrated skillset. He led the Trinbago Knight Riders to four CPL titles.

The former West Indian all-rounder was appointed as the skipper of the Windies team for the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.

He was also deputed as deputy to the Men in Maroon’s skipper Darren Sammy at the ICC World T20 2016, where the West Indies were crowned T20 WC champions for the second time. 

Dwayne Bravo Under-19 Career

Dwayne Bravo loved playing cricket and football in his childhood, but it was Brian Lara who inspired him to play cricket. At the age of 10, Bravo was selected for the Queen’s Park Cricket Club Under-15 side and started bowling at 17. As an opener; Bravo had a lean ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Dwayne Bravo’s Family

Dwayne Bravo has a half-brother named Darren Bravo. He is also an international cricketer and has represented the West Indies cricket team across formats. Dwayne has often been vocal about his brother being snubbed off the radar from the ranks of playing internationals for the Men in Maroon. 

Dwayne Bravo has been in a long-standing relationship with his partner Regina Ramjit, a Barbados-based model. Though Bravo is not officially married, he is the father of three kids (two sons and a daughter) namely; Dwayne Bravo Junior, Dwaynice Bravo, and Dwade Bravo. All three children of Bravo are not related to his current partner Regina and were conceived by three different women. 

Dwayne Bravo’s Net Worth

As of 2024, Dwayne Bravo’s net worth is estimated to be around INR 32 crores or USD 28 million. 

Dwayne Bravo’s Houses

Dwayne Bravo owns a mansion in his hometown Trinidad and Tobago and reportedly owns various properties as well.

Dwayne Bravo’s Cars

Dwayne Bravo owns a Range Rover, a Jaguar, and a Ford Mustang in his garage.