Bryson leitao (born 6 November 1985)
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er, who plays all formats of the game for West Indies. He is a

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who made his international debut for the

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in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Bryson was named as ICC Emerging Player of the Year in 2011, but lost his place in the team through a combination of loss of form and competition brought on by Sunil Narine and

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Domestic career

Bishoo is a leg spinner who has risen through the ranks since his debut in the 2008 season. He cut his teeth at the first-class level and courted immediate success, snaring four

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s, and ten in one match, in his first couple of seasons. His attacking style of bowling had a major impact in the 2010 Caribbean T20 where he finished with ten wickets in four games at the mean average of 8.20, conceding just 5.12 runs an over. He was named in West Indies A team for unofficial test tour to

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in September 2013. In October 2018,

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(CWI) awarded him a red-ball contract for the 2018–19 season.

International career

Bishoo was a replacement for the injured

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at the

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in Bangladesh,

and

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from 19 February to 2 April 2011. He made his international debut against

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on 17 March, taking 3/34 in his 10 overs. Bishoo adapted his bowling to the slow pitches of the Indian subcontinent, reducing the pace of his stock delivery and introducing variations of speed. Bishoo played his first

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match against Pakistan at St.Lucia. He put in a match-winning performance of 4/17 in 4 overs taking the

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award as West Indies won by 7 runs. When Australia visited in March 2012, the selectors rested Bishoo for the ODI series. It was hoped that he would be more effective in the Tests if the Australian batsmen were not allowed to get used to his bowling. In the event he played just one Test, conceding 169 runs for a solitary wicket, and was replaced by off-spinner

. Rather than accompanying the West Indies on their tour of England in May 2012, it was felt that Bishoo would be better off accompanying West Indies A in India to regain confidence. On 16 October 2016, Bishoo took 8 wickets in a match against Pakistan. This was the second best figures by any West Indian spinner and the best by a leg-spinner. He took 10 wickets for 174 in tha
match
and it was his first 10 wicket haul in Tests. This is also the best bowling performance by any visiting bowler in Asian sub-continent. Devendra Bishoo also set the record for becoming the first ever bowler to take 10 wicket haul in a day night test match and was also the only spinner as well as a legspinner to achieve this milestone. He was also the first bowler to take a 7 wicket haul as well as an 8 wicket haul in an innings of a day/night test match. He was also the only spinner to take a 6 wicket haul in an innings of a day/night test match.

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