The T&T Crick­et Board (TTCB) has con­grat­u­lat­ed Dwayne Bra­vo on his mo­men­tous achieve­ment of be­com­ing the first-ever crick­eter to take 500 wick­ets in T20 crick­et.

The 36-year-old all­rounder, who plays with the Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers (TKR), wrote his name in­to the crick­et his­to­ry books on Wednes­day in the 13th match of the cur­rent Hero Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) be­ing played in T&T.

Bra­vo had Rakheem Corn­wall caught by Col­in Munro for 18 to claim the feat on his home ground at the Queen's Park Oval in Port-of-Spain as the Knight Rid­ers kept their un­beat­en record in the 2020 tour­na­ment in­tact with a con­vinc­ing win against the St Lu­cia Zouks by the Duck­worth-Lewis Method in a rain-af­fect­ed en­counter.

How­ev­er, his mo­ment of glo­ry could not be marked by the cus­tom­ary spon­ta­neous erup­tion of joy and cel­e­brat­ed by home fans as the tour­na­ment is be­ing played in emp­ty sta­di­ums in ad­her­ence to strict COVID-19 pan­dem­ic reg­u­la­tions.

Pres­i­dent of TTCB, Az­im Bas­sarath said that the en­tire crick­et fra­ter­ni­ty will nonethe­less be cel­e­brat­ing with Bra­vo since he has be­come the most recog­nis­able face of the short­est for­mat of the game wher­ev­er the game is played.

There was dou­ble cel­e­bra­tion for Bra­vo as he al­so be­came the first bowler to reach 100 wick­ets in CPL, hav­ing played all his match­es in the re­gion­al fran­chise tour­na­ment for his na­tive Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers.

He not­ed that Bra­vo has not dis­ap­point­ed those who placed their faith in his re­mark­able abil­i­ty as a crick­eter and in­spi­ra­tional leader since an­nounc­ing his en­try in­to the T20 game play­ing for T&T in the Stan­ford T20 tour­na­ment in An­tigua, which was a pre­cur­sor to the fran­chise which has cap­tured the imag­i­na­tion of crick­et lovers.

Bra­vo is al­so a dou­ble ICC World Cup T20 win­ner (2012 and 2016) with the West In­dies and has cap­tained the re­gion­al team in all for­mats of the game. He con­tin­ues to be a huge draw­ing card for T20 fans around the world and has been the tal­is­man in the TKR team's dom­i­nance in the Hero CPL since its in­cep­tion.

"Bra­vo de­serves all the salu­ta­tions and com­men­da­tions for this out­stand­ing achieve­ment, the lat­est in a star-stud­ded ca­reer, which stands tes­ti­mo­ny to his re­silience, com­mit­ment, and ded­i­ca­tion to the game of crick­et. He is a true ex­em­plar and role mod­el for all young peo­ple who as­pire to re­alise their fullest po­ten­tial. Dwayne has made all of T&T proud," said Bas­sarath.