Dwayne Bravo joins Afghanistan team as bowling consultant for T20 World Cup

As the excitement for T20 World Cup builds up, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Tuesday announced the appointment of former West Indian and T20 World Cup winner Dwayne Bravo as the Bowling Consultant for the tournament. Bravo is set to join the team during the preparation camp ahead of the marquee event in the 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 the official statement.

"The 40-year-old Dwayne John Bravo was a former right-arm medium-fast bowling all-rounder for West Indies, having played 295 international matches, scoring 6423 runs and picking up 363 wickets. He has also 100 FC, 227 List A and a mammoth 573 T20 caps to his name. DJ Bravo is currently the leading wicket-taker in T20 cricket with 625 scalps to his name in the format. In addition, he has scored almost 7000 runs in the format, making him one of the most successful fast-bowling all-rounders in T20 cricket," said the statement further.


Apart from his International experience as a player, Bravo has most recently served as the bowling coach for the successful Chennai Super Kings.

Earlier, ACB announced the 15-player squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup which will kick off on June 1.

T20 World Cup: Afghanistan's schedule and team
Star spinner Rashid Khan will lead the squad while Hashmatullah Shahidi who led the team in the previous edition of the tournament has been dropped from the squad. Shahidi made his last appearance in the T20I format in 2022 against Ireland.

The tournament will kick off on June 1 in the USA and the West Indies. Afghanistan have been placed in Group C alongside New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Uganda and the West Indies.

Afghanistan will open their campaign against Uganda on June 4 at the Providence Stadium, Guyana.

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 and Fareed Ahmad Malik.

Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai and Saleem Safi.

(with agency inputs)