West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has become the first cricketer to taken 500 T20 wickets. He accomplished the feat while bowling for Trinbago Knight Riders in a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 match against St Lucia Zouks on Wednesday.
Bravo dismissed Rakheem Cornwall to reach the achievement. The scale of the accomplishment can be estimated by the way that no other bowler has even taken 400 wickets in the shortest arrangement. Cornwall’s dismissal additionally observed the 36-year-old Bravo taking his count to 100 wickets in the CPL.
CHAMPION 🏆 – First To Reach 500 T20 Wickets!
Bravo – 500
Malinga – 390
Narine – 383
Tahir – 374
Tanvir – 356#CPL20 #DJBravo @timesofsports @TKRiders pic.twitter.com/i5p9h1k1Ae— Times of Sports (@timesofsports) August 26, 2020
Sri Lanka bowler Lasith Malinga is second on the rundown of most T20 wickets with 320 scalps under his name. Bravo likewise has the second-most number of T20 appearances, behind just his CPL commander Kieron Pollard.
Bravo, who plays for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), is the best bowler of the yellow establishment with 118 wickets up until this point. He has won three IPL titles with CSK and the same number of CPL titles with TKR.
“A small step for Champion, a giant leap for mankind. #WhistlePodu for the only player to get to 500 T20 wickets. The fact that no one else has even made it to 400 makes it TRULY BRAVO!,” CSK tweeted to congratulate Bravo.
A small step for Champion, a giant leap for mankind. #WhistlePodu for the only player to get to 500 T20 wickets. The fact that no one else has even made it to 400 makes it TRULY BRAVO! 🔥🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/5OF8dUCbIC
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) August 26, 2020
Dwayne Bravo Batting Stats
| M | I | N/O | R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Avg | S/R | Ct | St | |
| Test | 40 | 71 | 1 | 2200 | 113 v AUS | 3 | 13 | 269 | 21 | 31.42 | 48.59 | 41 | 0 |
| ODI | 164 | 141 | 24 | 2968 | 112* v ENG | 2 | 10 | 240 | 58 | 25.36 | 82.3 | 73 | 0 |
| World Cup | 10 | 9 | 2 | 169 | 40 v SA | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24.14 | 86.66 | 5 | 0 |
| T20I | 71 | 60 | 12 | 1151 | 66* v IND | 0 | 4 | 67 | 50 | 23.97 | 116.49 | 36 | 0 |
| IPL | 134 | 102 | 38 | 1483 | 70* v KXIP | 0 | 5 | 116 | 61 | 23.17 | 128.28 | 74 | 0 |
| CL | 23 | 19 | 6 | 423 | 67 v KXIP | 0 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 32.53 | 138.23 | 8 | 0 |
| CPL | 69 | 57 | 15 | 948 | 67 v GAW | 0 | 2 | 57 | 58 | 22.57 | 134.27 | 36 | 0 |
Dwayne Bravo Bowling Stats
| I | O | M | R | W | Best | 3w | 5w | Avg | E/R | S/R | |
| Test | 61 | 1077.4 | 213 | 3426 | 86 | 6/55 v ENG | 5 | 2 | 39.83 | 3.17 | 75.18 |
| ODI | 150 | 1085.1 | 38 | 5874 | 199 | 6/43 v ZIM | 11 | 1 | 29.51 | 5.41 | 32.71 |
| World Cup | 9 | 67 | 4 | 373 | 13 | 3/42 v PAK | 1 | 0 | 28.69 | 5.56 | 30.92 |
| T20I | 61 | 191.5 | 0 | 1600 | 59 | 4/28 v SL | 2 | 0 | 27.11 | 8.34 | 19.5 |
| IPL | 131 | 430.5 | 2 | 3618 | 147 | 4/22 v KXIP | 9 | 0 | 24.61 | 8.39 | 17.58 |
| CL | 23 | 76.1 | 0 | 620 | 30 | 4/23 v SOM | 3 | 0 | 20.66 | 8.14 | 15.23 |
| CPL | 69 | 239.2 | 1 | 2088 | 97 | 5/23 v JT | 4 | 1 | 21.52 | 8.72 | 14.8 |
Stats as on Before CPL 20203
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