About Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne John "DJ" Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a Trinidadian retired cricketer, former captain of the West Indies cricket team and the current mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders as well as the head coach of the other teams of the Knight Riders Group, including Trinbago Knight Riders. A right-arm seam bowling all-rounder, Bravo was well known for his aggressive lower-order batting and for his bowling in the final overs of a match. During his prime, he was regarded as one of the best death bowlers in T20 cricket. He also performs as a singer. Between 2004 and 2021, Bravo represented in 40 Test matches, 164 ODI matches and 91 T20I matches 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 (where he took the winning catch), and the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. After initially announcing his retirement from international cricket in October 2018, he came out of retirement in December 2019 in preparation for the 2020 T20 World Cup. In domestic cricket, Bravo has played for his native Trinidad and Tobago since 2002. He played for a number of other teams in leagues around the world until his retirement in September 2024. Bravo made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago against Barbados in 2002, opening the innings and scoring 15 and 16 but not bowling. In the West Indies tour of England in 2004 Bravo made his Test debut when he was selected for the First Test at Lord's in which he scored 44 and 10 and took three wickets.
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