Afghanistan Rope In West Indies And CSK Star Dwayne Bravo As Bowling Consultant For T20 World Cup 2024
Kabul: West Indies and Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, on Tuesday was named as the bowling consultant for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced. Bravo, who was a part of West Indies two T20 World Cup triumphs in 2012 and 2016, is set to join the squad soon during the preparation camp ahead of the marquee event in the USA and Caribbean.
“AfghanAtalan have already arrived in St. Kitts and Nevis and are expected to begin a 10-day long training camp, as part of their preparations for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be overseen by the coaching staff, including DJ Bravo,” said ACB in a statement.
The 40-year-old played 295 international matches for the West Indies, scoring 6423 runs and picking up 363 wickets. He also has 100 FC, 227 List A and a mammoth 573 T20 caps to his name. He is currently the leading wicket-taker in T20 cricket with 625 scalps to his name.
In addition, he has scored almost 7000 runs in the format. Bravo was part of the Chennai Super Kings support staff in IPL 2024. Afghanistan open their World Cup campaign against Uganda in Guyana on June 3.
Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c), Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik