Dewald Brevis: Career info, Stats, Records, Family and Net Worth

Dewald Brevis, popularly known as “Baby AB” is a young and promising South African cricketer. His power-hitting skills has led to him being called as the younger version of South African legend, AB De Villiers.

Brevis represented South Africa at the U-19 World Cup 2022. Brevis drove everyone crazy as he won the Player Of The Tournament with 506 runs.

Personal Information

• Date of Birth: 29th April, 2003
• Height: 178 cm
• Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
• Zodiac Sign: Aries
• Nationality: South African
• Education: Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
• Batting Style: Right Handed Batter
• Bowling: Right Arm Leg-Break
• Jersey Number: 17

Teams Dewald Brevis played with

Titans (CSA T20 Challenge), Mumbai Indians (IPL), St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (CPL), MI Cape Town (SA20), Kandy Falcons (LPL).

Dewald Brevis Early Life and Education

Dewald Brevis is just 20 years old and is yet to complete his graduation. He has been highly focused on cricket in recent years.

Dewald studied at Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool. South African legends AB de Villiers and Faf have studied at the institute.

Brevis played cricket with his family in his backyard during his early days. His parents and brother used to bowl him.

Dewald Brevis Debut and Best Innings

Dewald Brevis is an uncapped South African cricketer. Though Brevis has represented various teams in franchise cricket, he is yet to represent his national side.

Brevis’ best innings was a phenomenal knock of 162 runs off just 57 deliveries in CSA T20 Challenge in 2022. His side, Titans managed to register a massive total of 271 runs on board with just 3 dismissals.

Dewald Brevis Cricket Career and Stats

Brevis’ domestic career began in 2021 by signing for Northerns for the forthcoming South African domestic season. Six months later, Brevis marked his T20 debut in the CSA Provincial T20 Knockout tournament.

A month after his T20 debut, Brevis was called up to the South African side for the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2022. Brevis was terrific throughout the event. His gameplay resemblance to AB de Villiers’ was clearly seen as he hit two centuries and three half centuries. Brevis was awarded the Player Of The Tournament with 506 runs in his records.

His U-19 World Cup heroics led to a huge bidding war at the IPL Mega Auction in 2022. Teams such as Punjab Kings, Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad were involved in the bidding for him. It was the Mumbai Indians side who signed the star player for 3 Crore INR.

Brevis played his maiden IPL match at MCA Stadium, Pune against Kolkata Knight Riders. Though MI’s campaign was forgettable, Brevis’ knocks weren’t. His knocks often helped MI set a respectable total on board. His knock of 49 against Punjab Kings was highly commendable. Brevis hit former MI spinner Rahul Chahar for 5 sixes in an over in the same fixture. Brevis, as a bowler dismissed Virat Kohli in MI’s one off encounter against RCB.

Brevis in IPL 2022:

IPL	Matches	Runs	Wickets	High Score
2022	7	161	1	49

Soon after an impressive IPL, Brevis signed for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the CPL. Brevis managed to hit 125 runs in 9 matches.

Playing against the Trinbago Knight Riders, the young lad hit 30 runs off just 6 deliveries with 5 sixes in it.

In August 2022, Brevis was signed by MI Cape Town for the Betway SA20. Brevis was signed as an uncapped Proteas player. MI Cape Town faced off against the Paarl Royals in the inaugural match. Brevis scored 70 runs to help his side chase down 142 runs easily.

His campaign ended with 235 runs in 10 matches.

Batting	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
IPL	7	161	23.0	142.5
First Class	3	143	28.6	80.8
List A	8	201	28.7	88.2
T20	45	1055	26.1	117.5

Bowling	Matches	Wickets	Economy	Average
IPL	7	1	16.00	8.0
First Class	3	0	4.66	–
List A	8	1	7.00	63.0
T20	45	1	7.48	18.0

Dewald Brevis Records

• Second fastest T20 century
• Joint third-highest T20 individual score
• Most runs scored by an individual in a single edition of ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup.

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Dewald Brevis Awards and Achievements

• Player Of The Tournament at ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2022.
• CSA T20 Challenge winner with Titans.
• 6IXTY Winner with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

Dewald Brevis Net Worth and Brand Endorsements

Dewald Brevis’ net worth is estimated to be around $2 million (16 Crore INR) at the age of just 20 years.

His brand endorsements include:

• OxFanCraze
• Luxurytime

Dewald Brevis Family

• Father: Jack Brevis
• Mother: Yolanda Brevis
• Brother: Reinard Brevis

The Brevis family has been following the IPL for a long time. His father supports the Kolkata Knight Riders. Dewald’s elder brother supports the Chennai Super Kings. Dewald’s mother supports his current franchise, Mumbai Indians.

Statements on Dewald Brevis Given by Cricketers

• “Dewald Brevis reminds me of Kevin Pietersen”. – Greame Swann
• “It won’t be long before he plays for the Proteas”. – David Miller.
• “Dewald Brevis is a carbon copy of AB De Villiers”. – Niall O’Brien
• “Dewald Brevis is a player on everyone’s lips. He’s AB De Villiers 2.0”. – Shukri Conrad
• ” I think there’s a lot of young players that have come through in the last few years and I think of the very first up in my list is Dewald Brevis”. – AB de Villiers.

Some Unknown Facts about Dewald Brevis

• Dewald Brevis scored 65 runs and also picked up 2 wickets for CSA U19 against IND U19.
• Dewald Brevis was only 1 year and 7 months old when his idol AB De Villiers played his maiden international Test.
• Brevis loves the Indian dish “Butter Chicken”.
• Dewald Brevis still has pictures of AB de Villiers, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Virat Kohli on the walls of his home.

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