West Indies’ Darren Bravo. File
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Experienced West Indies middle-order batter Darren Bravo has determined to take a break from the worldwide sport after being ignored for the upcoming ODI collection towards England.
Darren Bravo took to social media to announce his determination to maneuver away from choice for West Indies. The left-handed batter final featured in internationals in February 2022.
In a global profession that has spanned over 14 years, Bravo has represented West Indies in 200 video games. He has scored 3538 Test runs at a mean of 36.47 with eight lots of. In ODIs, he has 3109 runs at a mean near 30, with 4 tons.
He was a prolific performer within the lately concluded List A home competitors within the West Indies, the Super50 Cup 2023, with 416 runs at a mean of 83.2 and a strike charge of 92.03. He scored a century and three fifties.
Despite the performances, the batter missed the bus to the England collection as the choice panel wished to provide a chance to the youthful gamers, with an eye fixed on the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027.
Taking to Instagram, Darren Bravo defined in a publish that the choice had given him time to mirror on his future as a cricketer.
“I have taken some time to ponder and wonder what’s my next step moving forward as a cricketer,” Bravo wrote as quoted by ICC.
“At this point in my career, it’s not easy or should I say it takes a lot to continue to find the energy, passion, commitment, and discipline to be able to perform to the best of my ability and put myself in a position to make my return to international cricket.”
“Without any level [of] communication, I have been left in a very dark place. At the moment, there [are] three teams representing the region in multiple formats/series. That’s approximately 40-45 players and if I cannot be in any of these teams after competing in our regional tournaments and scoring runs, therefore, they are basically telling me that the writing is on the wall.”
However, Bravo made it clear that he was not absolutely executed with worldwide cricket simply but.
“I am not giving up but I believe it is best to step away just for a bit and maybe make some room for a young and upcoming talent. I will end by wishing each and everyone all the very best,” mentioned the batter.
West Indies will tackle England in a house white-ball tour consisting of three ODI and 5 T20Is commencing 3 December.
