Carlos Ricardo Brathwaite (born 18 July 1988) is a

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er from

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and a former captain of the West Indies

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(T20I) team.

International career

Brathwaite made his T20I debut for the West Indies against

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on 11 October 2011. He made his

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debut seven days later in the same series. He made his

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debut for the West Indies in the Second Test against Australia at the

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on 26 December 2015. Needing 19 to win in the last over of the

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final against England, Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes in the first four balls of the over to enable the West Indies to win their second World Twenty20 title. This was his debut World Cup. He was the first player for the West Indies to hit four consecutive sixes in a T20I match. In August 2016, Brathwaite was named the captain of the

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team for their

matches against India in

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later that month. On 8 March 2018, during the

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match against

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at the

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, Brathwaite took his first

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in ODIs. In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the

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. On 22 June 2019, in the match against

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, Brathwaite scored his first century in ODIs. He was caught on the boundary for what would have been a match-winning six.

Domestic and T20 franchise career

In April 2016, he made his

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(IPL) debut for

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. He spent a number of years playing domestic cricket in Ireland, with Dublin-based

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, and in 2009 he won the Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, defeating Donemena CC in the final. In January 2018, he was bought by

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in the 2018 IPL auction and in May was signed by

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to play in the 2018 Vitality Blast tournament in England. In October 2018,

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(CWI) awarded him a white-ball contract for the 2018–19 season. Later the same month, he was named in the squad for

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following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League and in October captained Combined Campuses and Colleges to their first Regional Super 50 title. In December 2018, he was bought by

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for the

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. In October 2019, Brathwaite was again named as captain of Combined Campuses for the

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tournament. In July 2020, he was named in the

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squad for the

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and in October was drafted by the Dambulla Viiking for the inaugural edition of the

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. Brathwaite signed for Birmingham Bears for the

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and in July 2022 was signed by the

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for the

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Personal life

Carlos Brathwaite married his longtime girlfriend Jessica Felix in June 2018. The couple have a daughter.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brathwaite, Carlos 1988 births Living people People from Christ Church, Barbados West Indies Test cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup Antigua Hawksbills cricketers Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers Barbados Royals cricketers Combined Campuses and Colleges cricketers Delhi Capitals cricketers Jamaica Tallawahs cricketers Kent cricketers Khulna Titans cricketers Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers Lahore Qalandars cricketers Manchester Originals cricketers Multan Sultans cricketers Peshawar Zalmi cricketers Quetta Gladiators cricketers St Kitts and Nevis Patriots cricketers Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers Sydney Sixers cricketers Sydney Thunder cricketers Warwickshire cricketers