A big news has come out regarding the Caribbean Premier League 2024. Veteran West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo has announced his retirement from all formats of cricket. At the same time, due to injury, he had to retire before the end of the current season of the Caribbean Premier League. However, he had earlier announced that he would retire from the CPL after the end of the league. Bravo was playing for the Trinbago Knight Riders team in the CPL. He had to take this big decision due to a back injury he sustained while fielding against the St Lucia Kings.
Dwayne Bravo retired early
Bravo is the most successful player in CPL history, having won a total of five titles. He is also the highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket. But now his 21 year long career is over. Let us tell you that he was supposed to play in the third season of UAE ILT20, in which he was retained by MI Emirates, but after this injury he has decided to opt out. Meanwhile, Bravo, who turns 41 next month, had earlier retired from international cricket in 2021. Last year also he was seen as a coach in IPL. After this, he moved on to coaching and also worked with the Afghanistan team.
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Dwayne Bravo bid farewell to professional cricket by sharing a post on social media. Bravo said in a post on Instagram, ‘Today is the day I say goodbye to the game that has given me everything. Twenty-one years as a professional cricketer has been an incredible journey, with many ups and downs. My mind wants to move on, but my body can’t take the pain, brokenness, and stress anymore. I cannot put myself in a position where I let down my teammates, my fans or the team I represent. So, with a heavy heart, I officially announce my retirement from the game. Today, the champion is saying goodbye.
Career of Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo has played a total of 582 matches in his T20 career. Meanwhile, Dwayne Bravo took 631 wickets. Dwayne Bravo has also achieved the feat of taking 4 wickets in an innings 11 times and 5 wickets twice in T20 cricket. Apart from this, he also scored a total of 6970 runs in his T20 career. Including 20 half-centuries. If we talk about his international career, he has played 40 Tests, 164 ODIs and 91 T20Is for West Indies. In these matches he scored 6423 runs and also took 363 wickets.
