Darren Bravo

At 35 years old, Darren Bravo has this physical status:

Darren Michael Bravo (born 6 February 1989) is a West Indian cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Trinidad and Tobago as well as international cricket for the West Indies.

Brian Lara's left-handed batsman's batting style has drawn comparisons to him.

Bravo, the younger brother of West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo and his mother, is the first cousin of former cricketer Brian Lara.

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Career

In a one-day match against Guyana, Bravo made his first squad debut for Trinidad and Tobago in January 2007 and scored seven goals. He made his first-class debut against the Leeward Islands three days later, scoring eight points. He made no further appearances in the 2006/07 season after another single figure in his next match against the Windward Islands. He returned to the TCL Under-19 Challenge and finished the season as the top run scorer in five games scoring 419 runs at an average of 59.85.

The West Indies under 19s competed in the 2007–08 KFC Cup in preparation for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup. Bravo played for the team in two games; the first saw his squad suspended for a one-day low total of 18, and Bravo was one of six players not to score. "Collins were getting a lot of movement, and Edwards was bowling really quickly," Bravo said of it as a learning experience. It was impossible to get them away, but the learning was positive for us, and it came in handy in the other games." Bravo appeared in all five West Indies matches, scoring 165 runs at 55. In the plate final against Nepal, he took three wickets for nine runs (3/9) and scored 24 not out. Bravo finished the 2007/08 season with two first-class matches, but with a best of 29 runs, the team was unable to produce a substantial innings.

Bravo was a member of the Trinidad and Tobago squad for the Stanford Series in October 2008. Having failed to participate in the first match against the Super Stars, he joined the side against Middlesex and scored 27 points, including one of the winning runs over long runs. His domestic appearance in the 2008–09 season was much improved than the previous year; Trinidad and Tobago won the WICB Cup; Trinidad and Tobago won, he scored 41 runs against Jamaica and 20 against Barbados; and Tobago won the WICB Cup, where he scored 41 runs against Jamaica and 19 in the final. He scored 97 against Barbados in a team score of 264, and was the last man out after 330 minutes of batting. He recorded his first-class century against the Windward Islands in January 2009; his 105 innings included 13 fours and a six. His form led to his pick for West Indies A; however, an injury meant he missed the match against the England tourists. Bravo scored his second century of the season against Barbados, accumulating 111 runs and dividing a 250-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Kieron Pollard in the second century. He scored 41 and 70 runs in the second innings, equaling a Trinidad and Tobago record by taking five catches. "He had been good with the bat and I am delighted to see that he has been very consistent this season," Dwayne said. In his last four matches of the season, Dwayne failed to score 30, but the season was still awash in 605 runs at 43.21.

Bravo was called up to the West Indies squad in June 2009 for the first two ODIs of the series with India. He made his international debut in the first ODI at Sabina Park, winning 19 out of 16 balls, including two fours from the first two deliveries he faced. Bravo scored 58 out of 159 balls on his Test debut against Sri Lanka. In the second Test and 68 in the third Test, he went on to finish at 80 to help him get a tour average of 68.66.

Bravo was selected in the 2011 Cricket World Cup's 15 man squad in February 2011.

The West Indies' first appearance after the 2011 World Cup was held at home in Pakistan. Bravo was the first West Indies batsman to reach over 100 runs in the two-Test series. The West Indies visited Bangladesh in October 2011. Bravo scored his second Test century in the second, helping his team win by a 1–0 series victory after contributing two and 24 not out in the first Test. The West Indian batsman's highest score in the subcontinent was 195 from 297 runs. The Cricinfo has named him in the World Test XI in 2011.

For the 2011 County Championship season, he played for Nottinghamshire, a Saxon county cricket team. Bravo continued to average 35.42 for Nottinghampshire with two fifties from four first-class games.

Despite the fact that Bravo was purchased by the Deccan Chargers at $100,000 at the 2012 Indian Premier League auction, he skipped the game because it clashed with Australia's tour of the West Indies in March and April 2012. Bravo was dropped for the T20Is against the same opponent in order to return to domestic cricket and recover from defeat in the Test series after scoring just 48 runs in the five-match ODI series. Bravo was the West Indies' second-best run scorer in the series, behind Shivnaul and sixth overall, with 184 runs in three Tests.

Bravo and Denesh Ramdin established a record for the highest 3rd wicket partnership in ODI history (258).

Bravo made a heroic double-century in Dunedin's first match of the 2013/14 Test series against New Zealand, assisting the West Indies in a surprising draw.

Bravo was named in the West Indies' original 15 man squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup in January 2015, but he was later forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury.

In Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Bravo's seventh Test hundred was the first Test of the Australia tour of 2015–16. He scored 108 off 177 balls in the first innings and then lost the match by an innings.

Bravo was the first batsman to score a Test century in the fourth innings of a Day/Night Test match against Pakistan in October 2016. He was also the first left-handed batsman to score a Test century in an innings of a Day/Night Test match.

Bravo was selected in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in April 2019. He was given a recall to the Test team for the two match series against England in 2020, but declined the chance to play in a world with high coronavirus levels, with players being forced to live for weeks in a safe bubble.

Bravo scored his first ODI half-century since June 2016, scoring 102 out of 132 deliveries on Wednesday, 2021 against Sri Lanka in the third ODI. In the game, he also reached a record of 3000 ODI runs. Bravo was named as one of four reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in September 2021.

T20 franchise career

Bravo was selected to participate for the Winnipeg Hawks in the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament on June 3, 2018. He was named in the Trinbago Knight Riders squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League in July 2020.

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