Dwayne Bravo

Dwayne Bravo is a West Indies Cricketer

Dwayne John Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a West Indies Cricketer . who plays all formats of the game and a former captain of West Indies in all formats and an integral member of Chennai Super Kings. A genuine all-rounder, Bravo bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium-fast pace. He is particularly known for his aggressive batting in the middle order, and for his "at the death" bowling. He is also known for his variety of lengths he can bowl at. He also performs as a singer.

Since 2004, Bravo has played 40 Test matches, 164 One Day Internationals and 66 Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies. He was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20 titles.

In domestic cricket, Bravo has played for his native Trinidad and Tobago since 2002. He has also played for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, the Lahore Qalanders in the Pakistan Super League, the 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

On 31 January 2015, Bravo announced his retirement from Test cricket. He continues to play ODIs and T20Is. He was also a contestant on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. He has also been as a guest in The Kapil Sharma Show on Sony Entertainment Channel. Bravo has also sung and produced the song 'Champion Champion' in March, 2016, which became a club anthem in India, in the aftermath of the West Indies cricket teams' victory in the 2016 T20 World Cup. He has three children.

He performed well in the 2015 IPL playing for Chennai Super Kings, taking 26 wickets and winning the purple cap for a second time. He is the one of the two man who has won 2 purple caps. After the suspension of Chennai Super Kings for 2 years, he was bought by Gujarat Lions. Later in 2018 IPL he was retained for 6.40 Crores by Chennai Super Kings again.

Dwayne Bravo is currently signed with Peshawar Zalmi. In the inaugural event of the Pakistan Super League in 2016, he played with Lahore Qalandars for US$70,000. However, subject to his poor performance, his team finished 5th and were disqualified. He also captained the side in the absence of regular captain Azhar Ali. He was retained by Qalandars for 2017 Season. He didn't feature however, and his spot was given to England's Jason Roy. Peshawar Zalmi selected him in the 2018 draft from Platinum category.