Dewald Brevis is a South African cricketer. He was born in Johannesburg on 29 April 2003. He was the highest run-scorer in the ICC U-19 World Cup 2022. He is a top player for the Titans side in South African domestic cricket. He was considered one of the top picks of the IPL 2022 because of his top knocks in the under-19 World Cup 2022. In the IPL auction, he was picked up by five-time champions Mumbai Indians side at a decent price of INR 3 Crore. He represents Mumbai Indian-owned T20 franchises around the world. He is an aggressive top-order right-handed batsman and a part-time leg spin bowler. Critics call him a player who bats similar to the great AB De Villiers. Moreover, if someone calls him Baby AB he dislikes this name. In addition, he feels privileged to be compared with the all-time great AB De Villiers. He has played an innings of highest run scorer among South African players in T20 cricket. Moreover, he has also played the fastest 150-run knock in T20 cricket.
Dewald Brevis Statistics:
| Batting in Each Format | Total Matches | Total Runs | Batting Average | Highest Score | Hundreds | Fifties |
| T20I Matches | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class Matches | 11 | 626 | 34.77 | 113 | 2 | 3 |
| List A Matches | 15 | 619 | 44.21 | 116 | 2 | 2 |
| T20 Maches | 56 | 1210 | 24.69 | 162 | 1 | 3 |
Dewald Brevis’ family:
Dewald Brevis’ father’s name is Jack Brevis. His mother’s name is Yolanda Brevis. The young talent also has an elder brother named Reinard Brevis.
Dewald Brevis’ Personal Life:
Dewald Brevis’ has a girlfriend, whose name is Lindy Maree. They have been in the relationship for the last four years. Brevis does not shy to share his personal life on social media, he often shares his romantic pictures on social platforms such as Instagram. They are equally open to sharing their personal life with their fans. Lindy has got 14k followers in a short period. Surely, this following will increase in the future when Brevis starts to make his name in International Cricket.
Dewald Brevis Similarity with AB De Villiers:
Dewald Brevis is often called ‘Baby AB’ because of his batting stance and timing which have a lot of resemblance to AB de Villiers. He is also a big fan of De Villiers in reality. He represented the Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool, it is the same school from where his ideal played during his schooling.
Dewald Brevis revealed recently that he is a big fan of AB de Villiers. He also mentions he loves watching AB bat. Furthermore, he mentions that he wears the 17-number jersey after getting permission from De Villiers, as he is his ideal cricketer.
Under 19 Cricket World Cup
Brevis was named in the South African Under 19 team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies in November 2021. In this tournament, he scored two hundred and three half centuries. Moreover, he was named the Player of the Tournament. In addition, he scored 506 runs. He broke the record of Shikhar Dhawan who scored the most (505) runs in ICC Under 19 World Cup history. Therefore, he holds the record for the most runs in an Under-19 Cricket World Cup series. As it was mentioned earlier, he scored 506 runs in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2022.
Domestic Cricket:
T20 Career:
In the year 2021, Northerns signed Brevis before the 2021–22 domestic cricket season in South Africa. He made his debut in Twenty20 on 8 October 2021. He played for the South Africa Under-19s versus Eastern in the 2021–22 CSA Provincial T20 Knock-Out tournament. He played a brilliant knock of 46 runs from 25 balls in this match.
List A Career:
He started his List A career by making a debut on 2 December 2022. He played for the Titans in the match against the Lions in Centurion.
First Class Career:
He played his First-class debut match for the Titans. He played this match against the Dolphins on 26 February 2023. This match was played in Durban.
Record Making Player:
On 31 October 2022, Brevis played an innings of 162 runs in just 57 balls for the Titans. He was playing this match against the Knights at the JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom. This is a record-making innings in which he scored the highest T20 score for South Africa. This inning also made him the world record holder of the fastest T20 150 as he achieved the milestone in only 52 balls. He is also the youngest South African player to score a century in T20. At that time he was only 19 years and 185 days old. He was also the joint third-best T20 scorer at that time.
Franchise Cricket:
IPL:
Brevis joined Mumbai Indians in the 2022 Indian Premier League. He was also part of MI for the 2023 season.
CPL:
Brevis represented St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the CPL 2022. He played a brilliant knock against the Trinbago Knight Riders. In this match, he hit 5 consecutive sixes.
South Africa’s Premier T20 Cricket League:
Brevis also played for MI Cape Town in the first season of the SA20. In addition, he was retained for the 2023 edition because of his performance in the last season.
Lankan Premier League:
He played for the Kandy Falcons in the third edition of the Lanka Premier League in 2022.
Major League Cricket:
He has also represented MI New York in the first season in 2023 of the MLC in the United States of America. He played a knock of 41 runs in just 33 balls in the second qualifier. It helped MI New York in reaching the final. This knock played an important role in the eventual win of the tournament by his side.
International Career:
Brevis was picked for the South Africa A tour to Sri Lanka in April 2023.
Dewald Brevis got his first international call on 14 August 2023, in this call he was picked in the South African squad to play versus Australia. He played his debut international T20 match on 30th August 2023. His debut match was against Australia in Durban. He could not perform well in this match. Still, everyone thinks that he is a future superstar and will be a prominent member of the South African side in the coming days.
FAQ:
Who is Dewald Brevis?
Dewald Brevis is a South African cricketer. He is a top player for the Titans in South African domestic cricket.
Where was Dewald Brevis born?
He was born in Johannesburg on 29 April 2003.
What is the name of Dewald Brevis’s father?
Dewald Brevis’ father’s name is Jack Brevis.
Who is the ideal of Dewald Brevis?
Dewald Brevis revealed that he is a big fan of AB de Villiers.
Conclusion:
Dewald Brevis can win matches single-handedly. As we all know, the South African team is considered a choker in ICC tournaments. This young lad can change the reputation of the South African team. We hope that this youngster will prove himself a match-winner in the coming days.