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Dwayne Bravo: The Ultimate T20 Champion

Dwayne Bravo conquered T20 cricket like nobody could
Dwayne Bravo conquered T20 cricket like nobody could ©Sportzpics

A look at all the key numbers from Dwayne Bravo's steller T20 career.

631 - Bravo retires as the leading wicket-taker in the T20 format, 18 ahead of the second-placed Rashid Khan (613), followed by Sunil Narine (568), Imran Tahir (514), Shakib Al Hasan (492) and Andre Russell (464).

Most wickets in Men's T20 cricket

Player Mat Wickets Avg SR Econ 4W BBI
Dwayne Bravo 582 631 24.4 17.7 8.26 11 5/23
Rashid Khan 448 613 18.15 16.7 6.48 15 6/17
Sunil Narine 525 568 21.36 20.9 6.12 12 5/19
Imran Tahir 411 514 19.88 17 6.99 10 5/23
Shakib Al Hasan 444 492 21.49 18.9 6.79 11 6/6
Andre Russell 523 464 25.35 17.5 8.67 9 5/15

129wickets in the CPL for Bravo, the most, followed by Sunil Narine (122) and Imran Tahir (103). He was also the leading wicket-taker in the IPL (183) at the time of his retirement, a number bettered only by Yuzvendra Chahal (205) and Piyush Chawla (192) since.

1 - Bravo was the first bowler to breach the 300, 400, 500 and 600 wickets landmark in Men's T20 cricket. When he got to his 600th - in August 2022 - he was 134 clear of the next best Rashid Khan (466).

322- A death-overs specialist, Bravo bagged a staggering 322 wickets in the passage of play (last four-overs) in T20s, well clear of the next best Chris Jordan (201).

Most wickets in death overs in T20s (where ball-by-ball data available)

Players Balls Runs conceded Wickets Avg SR ER Dots
Dwayne Bravo 3770 5975 322 18.55 11.7 9.5 1164
Chris Jordan 2756 4393 201 21.85 13.71 9.56 857
Andre Russell 2097 3475 178 19.52 11.78 9.94 696
Lasith Malinga 1959 2643 176 15.01 11.13 8.09 642
Mustafizur Rahman 2014 2868 171 16.77 11.77 8.54 797

32 wickets bagged by Bravo in CSK's runners-up finish in IPL 2013 is the joint second-most by any bowler in a single edition of a T20 tournament alongside Harshal Patel for RCB in IPL 2021. The overall record is 33 jointly held by Alfonso Thomas (for Somerset in T20 Blast 2010) and David Payne (for Gloucestershire in T20 Blast 2024).

3 instances of Dwayne Bravo bagging 25 or more wickets in a multi-nation T20 tournament edition, no other bowler has done that more than twice. Bravo bagged 32 wickets in IPL 2013, 26 in IPL 2015 and 28 in CPL 2015.

32 caught-and-bowled dismissals for Bravo in T20s, the most by anyone. In fact, that's the best bowler-fielder combination in Men's T20 cricket, followed by Sunil Narine's 28 catches off his own bowling.

10 times Bravo dismissed Pollard in T20s, the joint-most for a bowler dismissing a batter in the format alongside Narine and Rohit Sharma. Shane Watson's nine dismissals against Narine is third on this list.

582appearances in Men's T20 cricket for Bravo is the second-most in the format, only behind Pollard's 684. The other players to have played 500 or more T20s are Shoaib Malik (542), Sunil Narine (525), Andre Russell (523) and David Miller (500).

28 - Bravo represented 28 teams in the format across the globe. Apart from playing 92 T20Is for the West Indies, he was a prominent presence at Chennai Super Kings (130 matches) and Trinbago Knight Riders (89 matches).

72 matches played by Bravo in 2016 is the second- most by anyone in a calendar year; Tim David played 73 in 2022. Bravo bagged 87 wickets in 2016, the second-most in a year, only behind Rashid's 96 in 2018.

442 - Bravo's 442 innings without a hundred is the second most in T20s after Shoaib Malik's 503. Having batted at every position except No.10, Bravo finishes with 6970 T20 runs including 20 fifties.

4 players have achieved a treble of 5000 runs, 300 wickets and 200 catches in Men's T20s including Bravo, the other three being Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell and Mohammad Nabi.

5000 runs, 300 wickets and 200 catches in Men's T20 cricket

Player Matches Runs Bat SR Wickets Bowl Avg Catches
Dwayne Bravo 582 6970 150.63 631 24.4 275
Kieron Pollard 684 13277 125.44 326 24.88 377
Andre Russell 523 8784 169.31 464 25.35 217
Mohammad Nabi 417 5996 134.89 360 24.76 201

4 instances of Bravo achieving a double of 500 runs and 50 wickets in a calendar year, no other player has done that more than twice. Bravo managed this double in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018; 2016 being the standout year with 904 runs and 87 wickets. Azhar Mahmood (2012 and 2013), Andre Russell (2015 and 2016), Shakib Al Hasan (2013 and 2016), Daniel Sams (2022 and 2023) and Imad Wasim (2023 and 2024) are the other players to have done so more than once.

275 catches for Bravo is the third-most by a non-wicketkeeper in T20s, after Pollard's 377 and David Miller's 304. The three players also hold the joint-record for three or more catches in an innings most often (11 times).

17 tournament finals won by Bravo in Men's T20 cricket, the most by anyone in the format, followed by Kieron Pollard's 16. His five CPL title wins is also a record, one better than brother Darren. Four of Bravo's 17 final wins came as captain (all in the CPL); a number exceeded only by MS Dhoni (9), Rohit Sharma (8) and Shoaib Malik (5). Overall, Bravo appeared in 26 tournament finals, the second-most after Pollard (29).

Bravo's T20 final wins

Tournament Titles won Editions Teams
CPL 5 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, Trinbago Knight Riders, St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots
IPL 3 2011, 2018, 2021 Chennai Super Kings
T20 World Cup 2 2012, 2016 West Indies
Caribbean T20 2 2011/12, 2012/13 Trinidad & Tobago
Stanford 20/20 1 2007/08 Trinidad & Tobago
CLT20 1 2014 Chennai Super Kings
BPL 1 2016/17 Dhaka Dynamites
PSL 1 2019 Quetta Gladiators
ILT20 1 2023/24 MI Emirates

23 wickets bagged by Bravo in tournament finals is the most by anyone. Wahab Riaz (20), Ajantha Mendis (19), Kieron Pollard (19) and Daniel Christian (16) round off the top-five.

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