Our IPL experience helped us clinch the Oz match: Bravo

West Indies all rounder Dwayne Bravo today credited their experience of playing in the IPL for their stupendous victory over Australia, saying playing the T20 league has prepared them well to handle pressure situations.
Bravo had scored an unbeaten 27 off only 12 balls in that thrilling chase of 179 but his contribution was overshadowed by Darren Sammy's last-over sixes off James Faulkner.
"The situation was like 21 balls to go and 53 to get. It's actually achievable because of the experience we have got in IPL. Sammy's IPL experience also came into play and he can withstand pressure," Bravo told mediapersons after a training session here today.

"We knew their bowlers will also be under pressure because one side of the ground is very short and in those kinds of scenarios, we expect the bowler to make mistakes as we had a lot of wickets in hand," he added
Bravo was all praise for his skipper Sammy for his ability to come up with bog shots.
"Sammy is one of the cleanest hitters in the game today. My job at that time was to just run between the wickets and give him as much strike as possible and to just calm him down. All in all it worked for us. I hope we don't have to depend on him so much," Bravo said with a smile.

Bravo, who is one of the six players retained by Chennai Super Kings feels although the atmosphere was heated up before the match due to James Faulkner's 'I don't like West Indians' comment but he he feels that IPL has brought cricketers from various teams closer to each other decreasing the animosity that probably existed earlier.
"Thanks to IPL, it allows that. It's a good thing for international cricketers. Apart from money, it also brings you closer to another cricketer from another country and become friends.