The Min­istry of For­eign and CARI­COM Af­fairs has an­nounced the ap­point­ment of two of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s most cel­e­brat­ed crick­eters, Dwayne Bra­vo and Kieron Pol­lard, as Am­bas­sadors for Sport for the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go.

In a state­ment, the Min­istry said the ap­point­ments recog­nise the pair’s ex­cep­tion­al achieve­ments in in­ter­na­tion­al crick­et and their on­go­ing con­tri­bu­tions to pro­mot­ing the na­tion’s im­age glob­al­ly.

Bra­vo, an award-win­ning all-rounder and for­mer West In­dies cap­tain, has long been re­gard­ed as one of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s pre­mier sports­men. Be­yond his crick­et­ing suc­cess, he has made sig­nif­i­cant cul­tur­al con­tri­bu­tions through mu­sic and glob­al rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the Trinidad and To­ba­go brand. In 2015, he was award­ed the Hum­ming­bird Medal (Gold) for his ser­vice to sport.

Pol­lard, al­so a for­mer West In­dies lim­it­ed-overs cap­tain, is wide­ly re­spect­ed for his lead­er­ship, pro­fes­sion­al­ism, and suc­cess across in­ter­na­tion­al and fran­chise crick­et, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the T20 for­mat. His ca­reer has made him a stan­dard-bear­er for Trinidad and To­ba­go on the glob­al sport­ing stage.

Ac­cord­ing to the Min­istry, their ap­point­ments re­flect the Gov­ern­ment’s com­mit­ment to recog­nis­ing out­stand­ing na­tion­al per­form­ers whose achieve­ments in­spire cit­i­zens and el­e­vate the coun­try’s pro­file world­wide.

The Min­istry said it looks for­ward to work­ing close­ly with both am­bas­sadors as they con­tin­ue to pro­mote the val­ues of ex­cel­lence, team­work, and na­tion­al pride, and help ad­vance Trinidad and To­ba­go’s in­ter­na­tion­al rep­u­ta­tion.