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Dwayne Bravo
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
DJ Bravo is a West Indies international all-rounder who has played 624 matches across Tests, ODIs, T20 Internationals and a long string of domestic T20 competitions worldwide. His career record reads 9,700 runs and 757 wickets, with a bowling average of 26.88 and a batting average of 24.62. The Indian Premier League is his primary competition, where 160 appearances have yielded 183 wickets at 23.83. In 2024 he was still active in both Major League Cricket and the CPL, bowling in the majority of his recent outings. His most recent bowling return of 2/20 from three overs against San Francisco Unicorns shows that at this stage of a long career, the wicket-taking instinct remains.
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Wickets
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Bat Avg
24.6
Bowl Avg
26.9
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Chennai Super Kings · All-Rounder
Recent form
Bravo's last ten appearances, spread across the CPL and Major League Cricket in 2024, were predominantly bowling roles: he sent down overs in eight of those games, taking five wickets in the process.
Strongest format
Indian Premier League — The IPL is Bravo's primary competition with 160 appearances, where he has taken 183 wickets at 23.83. His bowling average there is his best across any
Career stats overview
33 Test · 144 ODI · 447 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
33 matches
1,855
Runs scored
66
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
144 matches
2,760
Runs scored
177
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
447 matches
5,085
Runs scored
514
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
624 matches, 757 wickets: a rare all-round CV
Bravo has played 624 career matches across formats, accumulating 757 wickets at a bowling average of 26.88 alongside 9,700 runs. Very few cricketers at any level have sustained that kind of dual output for so long across so many leagues and international stages.
IPL is his most-played T20 competition
Across 160 IPL appearances, Bravo has taken 183 wickets at an average of 23.83 and a strike rate of 129.57 with the bat. His economy of 8.38 reflects T20 conditions, but the wicket tally is the headline: 183 at that average in a competition of that standard is a considerable return.
Queens Park Oval: his standout ground
At Queens Park Oval, Bravo averages 35.23 with the bat at a strike rate of 109.83, and has taken 62 wickets in 38 matches there. It is by some distance his most productive venue across both disciplines.
Strong numbers against England
In 35 matches against England, Bravo has scored 1,173 runs at a batting average of 35.55 and taken 54 wickets at an economy of 4.94. That batting average of 35.55 is his highest against any major opponent in the facts.
Still active across multiple leagues in 2024
Bravo featured in both Major League Cricket and the Caribbean Premier League during 2024, bowling across nine of his ten most recent appearances. His most recent return of 2/20 from three overs against San Francisco Unicorns shows he remains capable of taking wickets at this level.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams DJ Bravo has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Australia
- Matches
- 40
- Runs
- 1,141
- Wickets
- 53
South Africa
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 967
- Wickets
- 46
England
- Matches
- 35
- Runs
- 1,173
- Wickets
- 54
India
- Matches
- 28
- Runs
- 620
- Wickets
- 38
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 506
- Wickets
- 36
Pakistan
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 556
- Wickets
- 23
Guyana Amazon Warriors
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 308
- Wickets
- 28
Mumbai Indians
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 317
- Wickets
- 33
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where DJ Bravo has turned out most often.
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 916
- Wickets
- 62
Warner Park, Basseterre
- Matches
- 26
- Runs
- 450
- Wickets
- 41
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 329
- Wickets
- 48
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 325
- Wickets
- 35
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 457
- Wickets
- 26
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 250
- Wickets
- 20
Sabina Park, Kingston
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 274
- Wickets
- 31
The Oval, London
- Matches
- 15
- Runs
- 263
- Wickets
- 18
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
DJ Bravo's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.
Photo credits (1)
- Dwayne Bravo — photo by Helenabella, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source