Emotional Bravo Plays Final CPL Match

Dwayne Bravo has played his final match in the Caribbean Premier League, CPL.

Bravo, who will turn 41 next month, had originally planned to retire after the end of CPL 2024, but a groin injury sustained while fielding against St Lucia Kings in Tarouba on Tuesday has ended his CPL career before the playoffs.

The Kings won by 80-runs.

Batting first the Kings made 218 for 6 off their 20 overs. Johnson Charles made 89, Captain Faf du Plessis, 59, and Tim Seifert, 30. TKR skipper Kieron Pollard finished with 4 for 38.

Du Plassis had high praise for Charles.

Faf du Plessis.

Bravo hurt himself when he attempted to take the catch of du Plessis in the seventh over. He immediately left the field after pulling up and didn’t bowl a single over in what turned out to be his last CPL game.

Bravo then returned to bat at number-11 in TKR’s failed chase of 219 in which they were bowled out for 138. He managed to face just one ball, which thudded into his thigh, and then retired hurt, struggling to fight off tears.

TKR were also without Sunil Narine for the match, with the mystery spinner working his way back from a quad strain.

As for Andre Russell, who had a hamstring complaint at the start of the tournament, his workload is being managed.

Russell pitched in with two overs on Tuesday and with both Bravo and Narine unavailable, Pollard brought himself into the attack and bowled his full complement of overs for the first time in the CPL since 2022.

Kieron Pollard.