Carlos Brathwaite is best known for hitting four consecutive sixes against Ben Stokes in the ICC World T20 2016 final at the Eden Gardens, thus leading his team to a famous win over England. Few months later, with only eight T20 Internationals under his belt, he was named West Indies' T20I captain. He replaced Darren Sammy, who was left out of the squad for the two-match series against India in Florida.
 

A decent 2014-15 season earned him a place in the West Indies squad that travelled to South Africa in January 2015, but he couldn't make it to the World Cup squad that followed right after. Brathwaite was named in the West Indies' Test and ODI squads for the tour of Sri Lanka in October-November 2015.
 

IPL through the years

'Remember the name' - chirped Ian Bishop on air after the heroics of the 2016 T20 World Cup final in Kolkata when Carlos Brathwaite stole victory and the World T20 title from Ben Stokes' and England's grasp. Since then, the Windies all-rounder has been hot property at the Indian Premier League (IPL), having already represented three franchises over a period of four seasons.

Having been brought by the then Delhi Daredevils at 14 times his base price (from rupees 30 lakhs to 4.2 crores), Brathwaite didn't quite live up to the billing - despite decent opportunities with both bat and ball. After two tough seasons, he left for the greener pastures of Hyderabad. Coming into the squad at the back end of the tournament, Brathwaite scored at a good clip and was very effective with the ball - as his franchise made it to the final of the 2018 edition of the championships.

Those performances came in handy for Brathwaite as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) came calling with a whopping 5 crore bid - making him their third West Indian buy, after Sunil Narine and Andre Russell.