Source : Trinidad Express
TRINIDADIAN all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has announced that this year’s Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League will be his last in a tournament that he has dominated.
On Instagram yesterday, Bravo, who will be 41 in October posted: “It’s been a great journey. This season will be my last one and I’m looking forward to playing my final professional tournament in front of my Caribbean people. TKR is the place where everything started for me and will end with my team that I helped build from scratch!”
Bravo is currently the highest wicket-taker in both T20 and CPL cricket. He has claimed 128 victims in the CPL. Bravo’s CPL retirement comes almost three years after he ended his T20 International career following West Indies’ early exit at the 2021 T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Then in 2023, Bravo retired from the Indian Premier League, and has served as Chennai Super Kings’ bowling coach since then.
He has been part of five championship-winning squads in the CPL, claiming the title in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021, making him the most successful player in the tournament’s history. Bravo’s last season will be with his home franchise, the Trinbago Knight Riders, with whom he has won four titles. TKR’s first match of his final tournament was last night against the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, a team he led to their maiden CPL title in 2021.
Ahead of last night’s match, the CPL congratulated Bravo on his “fantastic” performances in the tournament since its inception.
Pete Russell, CEO of the CPL, said: “We are so grateful that Dwayne has been a part of our tournament since its inception in 2013 and his contribution to making the league what it is today is immeasurable. The CPL has become known around the world as the Biggest Party in Sport and Dwayne’s enthusiasm and amazing personality has done as much as anyone to bring that to life. We are certain that ‘Sir Champion’ will continue to play a massive role in T20 cricket going forward and we wish him all the best in the next chapter.”