[3] Bravo made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago against Barbados in 2002, opening the innings and scoring 15 and 16 but not bowling.

He scored his maiden first-class century a month later and was included in the West Indies A squad for their tour of England in 2002.

Bravo made his One Day International debut against England in their 2003/04 tour of the Caribbean, in a match in which he failed to bat but took 2–31 with the ball.

At the subsequent hearing no evidence could be found and charges were dropped against Smith, who immediately demanded an apology from Bravo.

[4] Bravo, backed by the West Indies Cricket Board, refused to do so and received a hail of criticism from an indignant South African press while finding support at home as a human rights campaigner.

He was recalled for the second Test in Hobart and made a superb 113, after coming in at a very difficult stage for the West Indies.

His innings lifted the West Indies and helped them regain some pride, forcing the Australians to bat for a second time in the match.

His bowling contained some lethal slower-paced yorkers with which he dismissed Michael Clarke and Chris Read.

During the Third Test against England at Old Trafford on 9 June 2007, Bravo acted as an emergency wicket-keeper in place of Denesh Ramdin who had gone off for treatment after being hit on the head with the ball.

[6] He was ruled out from the 2011 Cricket World Cup in India due to the knee injury when he slipped at the wicket while bowling to South African batsman on 24 February 2011 at Delhi.

His high quality death bowling is considered to be one of the main reasons that the West Indies won the title.

[15] In September 2021, Bravo was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

He was one of the top performing players in the 2012 IPL playing for Chennai Super Kings scoring 461 runs at an average of 57 with a strike rate of 178.

[21] He performed well in the 2015 IPL playing for Chennai Super Kings, taking 26 wickets and winning the purple cap for a second time.

[24] The following season while playing for Chennai, Bravo suffered a groin injury which ruled him out of the back end of the tournament.

[26] On 2 Dec 2022, he announced his retirement from IPL, and subsequently replaced Lakshmipathy Balaji as the bowling coach of the same franchise.

[32][33] On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the tournament.

[43] In June 2023, Bravo was selected to play for the Texas Super Kings for the inaugural season of Major League Cricket.