A big news has emerged regarding the Caribbean Premier League 2024. Veteran West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo has announced his retirement from all forms 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 CPL after the end of the league. Bravo was playing for Trinbago Knight Riders team in CPL. He had to take this big decision due to a back injury he suffered while fielding against St. Lucia Kings.

Dwayne Bravo took premature retirement

Bravo is the most successful player in CPL history, winning a total of five titles. He is also the bowler taking the most wickets in T20 cricket. But now his 21 year long career is over. Let us tell you, he was 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. At the same time, Bravo, who will turn 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 towards coaching and also worked with the Afghanistan team.

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Dwayne Bravo said goodbye 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. It has been an incredible journey of twenty-one years as a professional cricketer, with many ups and downs. My mind wants to move forward, but my body can no longer bear the pain, brokenness and stress. I can't put myself in a position where I let down my teammates, my fans or the teams I represent. Therefore, with a heavy heart, I officially announce my retirement from the game. Today, the champion is saying goodbye.

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Dwayne Bravo's career

Dwayne Bravo played a total of 582 matches in his T20 career. During this period Dwayne Bravo took 631 wickets. Dwayne Bravo 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. Which included 20 half-centuries. If we talk about his international career, he played 40 Tests, 164 ODIs and 91 T20 matches for West Indies. In these matches he scored 6423 runs and also took 363 wickets.