Dewald Brevis

Dewald Tobias Brevis (born 29 April 2003) is a South African cricketer.^[1] He plays for the Titans in domestic cricket and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He is a right handed batsmen and occasionally bowls leg spin.^[2] He holds the record for the highest score in T20 cricket in South Africa aswell as the fastest 150 in T20 cricket in South Africa.^[3]

Dewald Brevis

Personal information
Born	(2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 (age 22) Johannesburg, South Africa
Nickname	Baby AB
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-break
Role	Batting all-rounder
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 370)	28 June 2025 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	6 July 2025 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 97)	30 August 2023 v Australia
Last T20I	1 September 2023 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2021–2023	Titans
2022–2024	Mumbai Indians
2022	St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
2022–2023	Northerns
2023–present	MI Cape Town
2023	MI New York
2025–present	Chennai Super Kings
2025	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA Matches 2 5 22 25 Runs scored 84 94 1,406 1,065 Batting average 28.00 23.50 40.17 48.40 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 4/7 3/5 Top score 51 41 159 116 Balls bowled 26 – 539 330 Wickets 1 – 11 8 Bowling average 22.00 – 36.54 42.37 5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0 Best bowling 1/22 – 4/65 4/46 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 19/– 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 July 2025

Youth career

U19 World Cup

In November 2021, Brevis was named in South Africa's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.^[4] During the tournament, he scored two centuries and three fifties,^[5] and was named the Player of the Tournament, after scoring 506 runs, breaking Shikhar Dhawan's tournament record of 505.^[6]

In April 2021, he was signed by Northerns ahead of the 2021–22 domestic cricket season in South Africa.^[7] He made his Twenty20 debut on 8 October 2021, for the South Africa Under-19s against Easterns in the 2021–22 CSA Provincial T20 Knock-Out tournament. He scored 46 from 25 balls.^[8]

He made his List A debut on 2 December 2022, playing for the Titans against the Lions in Centurion.

His first class debut was for the Titans against the Dolphins on 26 February 2023, in Durban.

Brevis holds the record for the highest T20 score in South Africa, and equals the third highest score in the world. On 31 October 2022, Brevis smashed 162 runs off just 57 balls for the Titans against the Knights at the JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom. He also achieved the world record for the fastest T20 150 when he reached the milestone off only 52 deliveries. He also became the youngest South African to hit a century.^[9]

Franchise career

In February 2022, Brevis was bought by the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 2022 Indian Premier League auction.^[10][11] He was retained by MI for the 2023 & 2024 seasons.

Brevis played for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2022 edition of the CPL. In a game against the Trinbago Knight Riders he hit 5 sixes off 5 consecutive balls he faced.^[12]

Brevis was signed by MI Cape Town for the inaugural season of the SA20, and was retained for the 2024, 2025 editions. Brevis won the Rising Star award of 2025 season.

In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.^[13]

He also played for MI New York in the inaugural 2023 season of the MLC in the USA. He scored an unbeaten 41 off 33 in the second qualifier to help MI New York reach the final, which they eventually won.^[14]

On 18 April 2025, Brevis was signed by the Chennai Super Kings as a replacement for the injured Gurjapneet Singh. ^[15] On 25 May 2025 in the 67th match of the 2025 Indian Premier League He played a match winning knock of 57 off 23 which included 4 fours and 5 sixes against the Gujurat Titans which also earned him Man of the Match. ^[16]

In March 2025, Brevis signed a contract with Hampshire County Cricket Club to play for them in that year's T20 Blast, with an option to also feature in the County Championship team.^[17][18]

International career

In April 2023, he was named in South Africa A's first-class and List A squad for their tour to Sri Lanka.^[19]

Dewald Brevis received his first international callup on 14 August 2023, when he was named in the South African squad to take on Australia.^[20] He played his first international T20 on 30 August 2023 against Australia in Durban in a disappointing showing with the bat.

He made his Test cricket debut on June 28 2025, which included him making a quickfire knock of 51 off 41 where he recorded 3 fours and 4 sixes. He had a 95 run partnership with Titans teammate Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Who was also on debut, which saved South Africa from an early collapse.^[21]

List of records

• Most runs in an Under-19 Cricket World Cup series. He scored 506 runs in the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup;^[22]
• Brevis' 162 is the highest T20 score made in South Africa, was the joint third-best T20 score at the time;
• Brevis took 52 balls to reach 150 in his score of 162, the fastest by any batter in T20 cricket at the time;
• At 19 years and 185 days old, Brevis became the youngest South African to score a century in men's T20s.