There will not be a participant sporting the No. 47 on their again for Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) once more, with the franchise retiring Dwayne Bravo’s jersey “in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the workforce, the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), and cricket in Trinidad & Tobago”. Bravo is the primary CPL participant to have had his jersey retired.
“Dwayne Bravo’s contribution to the Knight Riders and to the CPL is not possible to measure,” Venky Mysore, CEO of the Knight Riders group, stated at a ceremony previous to the beginning of Knight Riders’ CPL 2026 recreation towards Jamaica Kingsmen in Port of Spain on Saturday night time. “Retiring No. 47 is our manner of guaranteeing that his legacy will eternally be part of this franchise. There may very well be no extra becoming participant to change into the primary in CPL historical past to obtain this honour.”
Bravo, presently the top coach at TKR, received the title 5 instances as a participant from 2015, when the workforce was known as Trinidad and Tobago Pink Metal, to 2025. Two of the titles, in 2017 and 2018, got here as captain of TKR. One got here as St Kitts and Nevis Patriots captain in 2021.
General, as a participant, Bravo performed 107 CPL matches, choosing up 129 wickets at an economic system charge of 8.74. Regardless of final enjoying in 2024, he stays the third-most-prolific wicket-taker within the historical past of the match, behind solely Sunil Narine (139) and Imran Tahir (135).
“Thanks for being an inspiration and a task mannequin,” Nicholas Pooran, the present TKR captain, stated in a video launched by the franchise. “We’re actually completely satisfied to have you ever in our nook. Thanks for being an even bigger brother. Thanks for being a father determine at instances for us. However most significantly, thanks for being that inspiration in my life.”
Narine stated, “I believe you could have paved the way in which for lots of younger cricketers. The way in which you care about your self, your vitality ranges, and all the time eager to win in all the things.”
And Kieron Pollard, who led TKR after they received the title in 2020 with Bravo within the line-up, stated, “Thanks for all that you’ve executed clearly for me personally as a person, after which you already know we’re coming collectively as a pressure to be reckoned with, one thing that you simply all the time spoke about and having the ability to win championships and video games and create an setting the place folks will take pleasure in.”