MUM­BAI, In­dia – Just one day af­ter an­nounc­ing his re­tire­ment from all forms of crick­et, Dwayne Bra­vo has made the de­ci­sion to leave In­di­an Prmeir League (IPL) team Chen­nai Su­per Kings (CSK) and join the Kolkata Knight Rid­ers (KKR) in a men­tor­ship role.

In his new po­si­tion, the 41-year-old Bra­vo will be in charge of all fran­chis­es un­der the Knight Rid­ers la­bel in T20 leagues: Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers (CPL), Los An­ge­les Knight Rid­ers (MLC) and Abu Dhabi Knight Rid­ers (ILT20).

KKR’s chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer, Venky Mysore made the an­nounce­ment in a state­ment.

“DJ Bra­vo join­ing us is an ex­cit­ing de­vel­op­ment. His re­lent­less dri­ve to win, along with his vast ex­pe­ri­ence and deep knowl­edge, will great­ly ben­e­fit our fran­chise and play­ers,” Mysore said.

Bra­vo will re­place Gau­tam Gamb­hir, who took over as In­dia’s head coach soon af­ter help­ing KKR win their third IPL ti­tle in 2024.

“I’ve been part of the Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers for the last 10 years in the CPL. Hav­ing played for and against the Knight Rid­ers in var­i­ous leagues, I have a lot of re­spect for how they op­er­ate,” Bra­vo said in a state­ment.

“The own­ers’ pas­sion, the pro­fes­sion­al­ism of the man­age­ment, and the fam­i­ly-like en­vi­ron­ment make it a spe­cial place. This is the per­fect plat­form for me as I tran­si­tion from play­ing to men­tor­ing and coach­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of play­ers.”

His men­tor­ship role will be his sec­ond in the IPL.

Bra­vo joined CSK in 2011, re­tired from the IPL af­ter the 2022 sea­son and joined the fran­chise as bowl­ing coach from the 2023 sea­son.

The Trinida­di­an had im­me­di­ate suc­cess in his first coach­ing role, as CSK won the ti­tle in 2023, to go with his three ti­tles with them as a play­er.

Among the best death bowlers in T20 crick­et, Bra­vo is the third-high­est wick­et-tak­er in IPL his­to­ry.

CMC