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Dewald Brevis: International, IPL and SA20 Record

Dewald Brevis is a South African batter who plays for Chennai Super Kings, Pretoria Capitals and London Spirit. He broke the Under-19 World Cup run record in 2022, made 162 in a domestic T20 and scored a South Africa men's T20I record 125 not out against Australia. By 23 August 2026, his international record included four Tests, nine ODIs and 30 T20Is, while his 2026 season included 370 SA20 runs and a T20 World Cup semi-final.

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Right-hand batterRight-arm leg-break bowlerBorn 29 April 2003

Current squadChennai Super KingsIndian Premier League · 2026

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Full nameDewald Brevis

Age23As of 23 August 2026

Date of birth29 April 2003Johannesburg, South Africa

Batting styleRight-hand batter

Bowling styleRight-arm leg-break

Career overview

Dewald Brevis cricket career

Dewald Brevis was born in Johannesburg on 29 April 2003 and was 23 on 23 August 2026. He bats right-handed and can bowl leg-breaks.

He scored a tournament-record 506 runs and won Player of the Tournament at the 2022 Under-19 World Cup.

Brevis made 125 not out against Australia in 2025, the highest men's T20I score by a South African batter at the time.

His current international snapshot is four Tests, nine ODIs and 30 T20Is; those records remain separate from his franchise totals.

Official IPL documents list Brevis with Chennai Super Kings at a ₹2.2 crore league fee for 2026.

The official IPL player page listed 27 career appearances when checked on 23 August 2026.

Career story

Dewald Brevis career and playing journey

Who is Dewald Brevis?

Dewald Brevis is a right-handed South Africa batter whose career developed from school and Under-19 cricket into domestic, international and franchise competitions. Cricket South Africa lists him as a batter who also bowls right-arm leg-breaks. He reached global attention during the 2022 Under-19 World Cup, then appeared for Mumbai Indians, MI Cape Town, Chennai Super Kings, Pretoria Capitals and South Africa. His batting role is built around boundary hitting in the top and middle order.

Brevis' memberships include Chennai Super Kings, Pretoria Capitals and London Spirit, but international, IPL, SA20 and Under-19 records remain distinct because runs from one competition cannot be added to another. Chennai is his current IPL team for 2026, Pretoria supplies his completed SA20 season record, and South Africa supplies his Test and T20I history.

Dewald Brevis age, birthplace and playing style

Brevis was born in Johannesburg on 29 April 2003 and was 23 on the checked date. The SA20 player directory confirms his date and city of birth, right-handed batting and leg-break bowling. Cricket South Africa carries the same date and identifies his Test debut on 28 June 2025. These official records provide a cleaner identity basis than nickname pages or copied biographies.

His stroke range has often led to the nickname Baby AB, a reference to former South Africa batter AB de Villiers. The ICC used the nickname while covering his Under-19 award, but it remains a comparison rather than a second identity or proof of an identical career. Brevis is better evaluated through his own scores, formats and teams, with the nickname retained only as historical context.

The 2022 Under-19 World Cup run record

Brevis scored 506 runs in six innings at the 2022 Under-19 World Cup in the Caribbean. His two hundreds and three fifties included a high score of 138, while his average was 84.33 and strike rate 90.19. The ICC named him Player of the Tournament. His total passed Shikhar Dhawan's 505 from 2004 and became the highest aggregate in one edition of the men's Under-19 World Cup.

He also hit 18 sixes, another single-edition tournament record, and took seven wickets with his leg-spin. South Africa finished seventh, so the individual award did not come with a team title. The distinction matters because it separates a tournament-leading performance from the final standings. His 506 runs belong to age-group international cricket and should not appear inside his senior T20I, Test or domestic totals.

From Under-19 cricket to senior franchises

The Under-19 performance led to senior contracts across several T20 competitions. Mumbai Indians selected Brevis for the IPL, and he later represented MI Cape Town in the first three SA20 seasons. The IPL replacement announcement published in April 2025 said he had already played 81 senior T20 matches and scored 1,787 runs, with a high score of 162, before joining Chennai.

Franchise movement can create duplicate records if a platform treats each shirt as a new player. Brevis played ten IPL matches for Mumbai before his Chennai contract, then entered CSK as an injury replacement. In SA20 he moved from MI Cape Town to Pretoria Capitals for 2026. All of those teams connect to the same birth date and playing identity.

The 162 in South African domestic T20 cricket

Brevis made 162 from 57 balls for Titans against Knights in the CSA T20 Challenge in October 2022. Cricket South Africa's integrated report records the innings as a major domestic T20 achievement. He reached 150 in 52 balls and struck 13 fours and 13 sixes. At the time, 162 was among the highest individual scores in recognised men's T20 cricket.

The innings established his senior power-hitting before he became a regular South Africa player. It is not an international score and did not occur in the IPL or SA20. That competition label prevents a common biography error in which T20, T20I and league figures are treated as interchangeable. The official IPL replacement advisory also records 162 as his senior T20 high.

South Africa T20I debut and early international role

Brevis made his T20I debut for South Africa in 2023. His first two appearances did not immediately establish a fixed place, and he returned to domestic and franchise cricket for more match time. The 2025 IPL advisory still listed only two T20Is, showing how small the first international sample was despite his reputation from youth cricket.

South Africa recalled him for the 2025 tour of Australia. By then he had added red-ball form, an IPL return and a strong SA20 season. The recall led to the innings that changed his senior international record. The gap between his 2023 debut and 2025 recall is part of the selection history and explains why his franchise sample initially grew faster than his T20I record.

Record 125 not out against Australia

Brevis scored 125 not out from 56 balls against Australia in Darwin on 12 August 2025. He reached his hundred from 41 balls, hit 12 fours and eight sixes, and carried South Africa to 218 for seven. South Africa won by 53 runs and levelled the three-match series. The ICC identified Brevis as the youngest South Africa batter to make a men's T20I hundred.

The 125 was the highest men's T20I score by a South African and the highest T20I score against Australia at the time. It was also the highest men's T20I innings on Australian soil. One innings moved Brevis from outside the ICC top 100 to 21st in the T20I batting rankings, and he rose again to equal 12th after the series. Rankings can change; the 125 and match result remain fixed records.

Dewald Brevis' Test record after his 2025 debut

South Africa selected Brevis among five uncapped players for a two-Test tour of Zimbabwe in 2025. He made his Test debut in Bulawayo on 28 June, batting at number six in a young side led by Keshav Maharaj. Cricket South Africa lists that date as his official Test debut.

The current statistical snapshot is four Tests and six innings, with 138 runs at an average of 23.00. Brevis' high score is 54 and he has two fifties, while his limited bowling return is one wicket from 26 balls. This replaces the earlier debut-only boundary with a dated aggregate and keeps Test figures separate from ODI, T20I and franchise records.

South Africa at the 2026 T20 World Cup

South Africa selected Brevis for the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. He played eight matches and batted seven times, scoring 207 runs at an average of 29.57 and strike rate of 146.81, with a high score of 45. The aggregate is a tournament-only record rather than his full T20I career line.

His tournament contributions included 42 against Zimbabwe, 45 in the Super Eight win over India and 34 in the semi-final against New Zealand. Against India, Brevis and David Miller rebuilt the innings with a 97-run partnership before South Africa won by 76 runs. New Zealand then ended South Africa's campaign in the last four, so the 207-run return did not come with a title.

Chennai Super Kings replacement signing

Chennai Super Kings signed Brevis on 18 April 2025 as an injury replacement for Gurjapneet Singh. The IPL advisory fixed his fee at ₹2.2 crore and noted his earlier ten-match spell with Mumbai Indians. The completed season record is six matches, six innings and 225 runs at an average of 37.50 and strike rate of 180. SA20's 2026 preview prints 227 runs, but that value does not reconcile with the published average and innings; the internally consistent 225-run total is used. His 57 from 23 balls against Gujarat Titans was the highlighted innings.

The 2026 official playing-squad document retains Brevis with Chennai at a deduction of 220 lakh, again equal to ₹2.2 crore. This is a league fee for a named season, not a complete earnings figure. It also confirms that his replacement entry became an ongoing squad place. The official IPL player page listed 27 career appearances at the 23 August 2026 cutoff.

Pretoria Capitals and SA20 2026

Brevis moved to Pretoria Capitals for SA20 2026 after three seasons with MI Cape Town. The official SA20 player table lists 12 matches, 370 runs, two not outs and a high score of 101. His average was 41.11 and strike rate 156.12, with one hundred, two fifties and 30 sixes. He did not bowl in the season.

Pretoria reached the final, where Brevis made a century and earned Player of the Final despite Sunrisers Eastern Cape winning the title. The SA20 Team of the Season included him among three Pretoria players. This record distinguishes individual final performance from the championship result. It also supplies a complete official season line instead of relying on a collection of highlight clips.

Dewald Brevis' IPL fee and contract scope

The official IPL 2025 signing notice and 2026 squad document both support a ₹2.2 crore Chennai league fee. The amount covers his IPL contract value in those documents. It does not disclose taxes, endorsements, SA20 pay, Hundred pay or bonuses, so it should remain attached to the named IPL season.

The repeated 220-lakh figure across the signing notice and playing-squad document shows continuity from replacement player to retained squad member. It does not describe his selection role or guarantee an appearance. Match participation must come from scorecards, while contract status comes from the league documents.

How Brevis' major scores differ by competition

Brevis' 138 at the 2022 Under-19 World Cup belongs to age-group international cricket, while his 162 for Titans belongs to South African domestic T20 cricket. The unbeaten 125 against Australia is a senior T20I record, and the 101 for Pretoria Capitals belongs to SA20. Each innings answers a different statistical question.

Keeping those labels visible prevents the largest number from being mistaken for his international high score. The 162 is his senior T20 high in the IPL signing advisory, but 125 not out is his T20I high. His Pretoria century explains the 101 shown in the 2026 SA20 season table, while the Under-19 138 remains part of the 506-run youth tournament record.

What Dewald Brevis' records show

Brevis' confirmed record moves through clear stages: 506 runs at the 2022 Under-19 World Cup, a 162 in domestic T20 cricket, franchise experience, four Tests and the 125 not out against Australia. Pretoria's 370-run SA20 season and South Africa's 2026 T20 World Cup semi-final run show that the international breakthrough sat alongside sustained league work.

At the 23 August 2026 cutoff, his senior international batting record was 138 Test runs, 230 ODI runs and 697 T20I runs. Those career totals should not be added to the 506-run Under-19 campaign, his IPL record or the 370-run SA20 season. Keeping the scopes separate makes both his progress and his remaining sample sizes easier to judge.

Dewald Brevis records

Dewald Brevis career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

Tests through 23 August 20264matches

Batting

Innings: 6
Runs: 138
High score: 54
Average: 23.00
Strike rate: 95.83
Not outs: 0
100s / 50s: 0 / 2

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 1
Wickets: 1
Best bowling: 1/22
Average: 22.00
Economy: 5.07
Strike rate: 26.0
Balls: 26
Catches / stumpings: 3
5w / 10w: 0 / 0

ODIs through 23 August 20269matches