Brandon King: Solid middle-order batter from Jamaica

[FearlessRoar]

King plays for Jamaica in domestic cricket, making his debut in first-class cricket during the 2014-15 Regional Four Day Competition, and in List A cricket during the 2015-16 Regional Super50. He was selected in the 9th round of the 2017 CPL player draft by the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. He made his Twenty20 debut for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 5 August 2017.

In June 2018, King was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.

King achieved a milestone in October 2019 when he hit 132 not out, the highest innings in CPL history, consisting of 10 fours and 11 sixes in a 72-ball knock against Barbados Tridents at Providence as Guyana Amazon Warriors qualified for the final of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League. In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League. On 1 September 2020, King scored his 1,000th run in Twenty20 cricket.

In October 2019, King was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Afghanistan in India. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against Afghanistan on 11 November 2019, and his T20I debut for the West Indies, also against Afghanistan, on 14 November 2019.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Brandon King will lead the Caribbean squad in their upcoming T20I series against South Africa, as their full-time skipper Rovman Powell will take part in the IPL 2024 playoffs with the Rajasthan Royals. Powell is one of many players who will be busy playing in IPL 2024 or rested before taking part in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024.

This shows a negative impact of the IPL, as a national team captain is not available for national duties and Brandon King has to take on the duty for the West Indies tour of South Africa.

 

[Markhor]

He opens for WI. He's okay but a downgrade on Evin Lewis.

 

[Rana]

he’s a Multan Sultan’s type opener

 

[Cricket Warrior]

He opens for WI. He's okay but a downgrade on Evin Lewis.

yes a good player for ODI cricket but for T20 he is more like a Mohammad Rizwan of WI.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

The King batted like a King today made 79(45) against South Africa in the 1st T20I of the series between the two sides.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

The King batted like a King today made 79(45) against South Africa in the 1st T20I of the series between the two sides.

"batted like a king" means like bobsy the king or kohli the king?

 

[Markhor]

The King batted like a King today made 79(45) against South Africa in the 1st T20I of the series between the two sides.

Seems like his batting benefited from the extra responsibility of captaincy. This was one of the highlights of the series.