Despite playing only 582 T20 matches, Bravo to date took 631 wickets and also made 6,970 runs that show how remarkable his skills to the sports are.
One of the greatest all rounders in the history of cricket, West Indies cricket’s great that we are talking about, has announced his retirement after sustaining career risking injury. After suffering a groin injury which made him to end off his Caribben Premier league (CPL) 2024 season.
The carribean great also became the all-time leading wicket taker in T20 format. He revealed this while Adis and expressively posting. On September 26, he opted for retirement through Instagram.
“21 years that I have been a cricketer professionally, it has been an amazing walk, many happy moments and some sad,” Bravo stated in his retirement message.
“Most, above all, thanks to you, I could fulfill my dream: I was a hundred percent at every stage of the process. I will not stop trying to foster this struggle, but the times are harsh. It’s hard to keep on working in one’s head, and look around at the muscles, where there is omnipresent pain, and failures, and tension.
This is all very difficult for my teammates, my fans, the teams that I play for, and myself. I wish it was in my head but instead it is not.” Bravo said these words and than most of his life turned out – the barreals focused on everyone else but then further dug deeper.
Since establishing himself on the international stage in 2004, Bravo has lived and breathed T20 cricket and in fact, changed it for better with his all-action style, catering every need of a complete package.
This all-rounder had already declared that CPL will be his last active season given that he is already 40. Even though MI Emirates has retained him for ILT20, a recent injury has put an end to these plans.
Retirement person Bravo opened the farewell message saying, “I love you, and dear cricket,” thanking the game for everything in turn. “I think you can imagine that. I had interest in nothing else and I gave my entire life to you.
You gave me the life which was my dream for me and my family – such a life is unbelievable. I cannot thank you enough for that. “So as i have said it with so much pain i would like to inform you that i hereby retire from the sport. Today Ms Champion says goodbye,” Bravo added.
Bravo is one of the five times winners of the CPL, having led the Trinbago Knight Riders to two consecutive championships in 2017 and 2018 and then lifted the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in 2021. He is not only a bbl, multi-ipl, and a psl champion adding to the many titles he has amassed in his career has been a constructive all rounder.
Bravo’s T20 wicket tally stood at 631 at the end of his career, similarly boasting of a tally of 177 in first-class cricket with 86 Test wickets, and 271 List-A cricket of which 199 are ODIs from over 900 of all formats.
The ex-captain of the West Indies retirement from the international game in the year 2021 going out of T20s and turning into a bowling consultant for Chennai Super Kings and the Afghanistan cricket team for T20 world cup 2024.