Dewald Brevis – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Born29 Apr 2003, Johannesburg

Age23 Years

NationalitySouth African

RoleBatsman

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Leg Spin

Height6ft

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	4	138	23	95.83	1	5.07
ODI	11	269	29.89	141.58	0	7
T20I	35	923	30.77	163.94	1	0.00
T20	151	3501	28.23	152.75	18	7.51
List A	34	1295	43.16	116.66	8	6.22
First-class	24	1460	38.42	77.57	11	4.47
T10	14	143	11.92	157.14	0	–

Debuts

First ClassTitans vs Dolphins, Durban 1 Mar 2023

List ALIONS vs Titans, Centurion 2 Dec 2022

T20S Africa U19 vs Easterns,, Bloemfontein8 Oct 2021

Family

RelationsUnknown

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	4	6	0	138	54	23	144	95.83	0	2	13	6	3
ODI	11	11	2	269	54	29.89	190	141.58	0	1	10	20	5
T20I	35	33	3	923	125	30.77	563	163.94	1	3	39	55	14
T20	151	138	14	3501	162	28.23	2292	152.75	3	14	209	252	80
List A	34	33	3	1295	116	43.16	1110	116.66	3	6	103	75	12
First-class	24	39	1	1460	159	38.42	1882	77.57	4	8	182	36	22
T10	14	13	1	143	34	11.92	91	157.14	0	0	11	9	7

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ
Test	4	1	4.2	22	1	1/22	22	5.07
ODI	11	1	4	28	0	–	0	7
T20I	35	1	0	22	1	1/22	22.00	0.00
T20	151	26	55.3	417	18	2/19	23.17	7.51
List A	34	14	59	367	8	4/46	45.87	6.22
First-class	24	15	89.5	402	11	4/65	36.54	4.47

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	27	606	57	25.25	146.02	1	16.00
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	8	207	45	29.57	146.81	0	–
4-Day Franchise Series	10	590	113	34.71	65.70	9	4.29
CSA T20 Challenge	32	827	162	28.52	156.63	12	7.37
Vitality Blast	8	166	68	33.20	180.43	0	–
Abu Dhabi T10	9	99	33	14.14	141.43	0	–
The Hundred Men's	8	212	55	35.33	143.24	0	–
ICC Under-19 World Cup	6	506	138	101.20	90.20	6	5.58
SA20	44	1046	101	32.69	149.00	4	8.14
Major League Cricket	9	250	57	31.25	132.98	0	–

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Zimbabwe	6	244	75	61.00	196.77	1	0
Australia	5	185	125	46.25	194.74	1	1
New Zealand	5	134	35	26.80	147.25	0	0
India	5	114	45	22.80	148.05	0	0
Pakistan	3	55	25	18.33	127.91	0	0
England	2	27	23	13.50	207.69	0	0
Afghanistan	1	23	23	23.00	121.05	0	0
West Indies	2	21	17	10.50	131.25	0	0

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
India	3	120	54	40.00	131.87	1
Australia	3	56	49	18.67	160.00	0
England	3	54	42	27.00	158.82	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
England	1	0	28	–	7.00	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Zimbabwe	3	84	51	28.00	98.82	1	0
Pakistan	3	54	54	18.00	91.53	1	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Zimbabwe	1	1	22	22.00	5.08	26.00

Last 10 innings · batting

19vs WAR

4vs LIO

5vs SWD

3vs BOL

33vs KZNI

83vs ETS

65*vs SA-E

7vs KNT

4vs WP

6*vs NAM

T20 vs WAR11 Nov 2026 · c T Stubbs b M Boast 19(14) T20 vs LIO1 Nov 2026 · c C Esterhuizen b S Plaatjie 4(5) T20 vs SWD29 Oct 2026 · lbw b L Sadler 5(7) T20 vs BOL25 Oct 2026 · b I Manack 3(9) T20 vs KZNI13 Oct 2026 · c Matthew Urquhart b B Xenxe 33(24) T20 vs ETS11 Oct 2026 · c S Mabanga b C Classen 83(26) T20 vs SA-E7 Oct 2026 · Not out 65*(22) T20 vs KNT2 Oct 2026 · c R Haasbroek b Ross Boast 7(11) T20 vs WP25 Sep 2026 · b R Daniels 4(3) ODI vs NAM13 Sep 2026 · Not out 6*(2)

Last 10 innings · bowling

0/9vs BOL

0/25vs KZNI

0/9vs ETS

1/22vs NAM

0/28vs ENG

2/55vs WPR

0/20vs LIO

0/13vs BOL

1/7vs PC

1/12vs PC

T20 vs BOL25 Oct 2026 0/9 T20 vs KZNI13 Oct 2026 0/25 T20 vs ETS11 Oct 2026 0/9 T20I vs NAM28 Aug 2026 1/22 ODI vs ENG7 Sep 2025 0/28 List A vs WPR26 Feb 2025 2/55 List A vs LIO21 Feb 2025 0/20 List A vs BOL16 Feb 2025 0/13 T20 vs PC2 Feb 2025 1/7 T20 vs PC31 Jan 2025 1/12

About Dewald Brevis

Dewald Brevis was born on 29th April 2003, in Johannesburg, South Africa. After emerging as the top run scorer at the ICC U-19 World Cup 2022, he garnered a lot of attention. Known by most as "Baby AB," he was one of the top choices in the IPL 2022 mega auction because of his outstanding World Cup batting performance. Dewald Brevis was acquired by the five-time champion Mumbai Indians for an incredible INR 3 crore following a fierce bidding battle.

Dewald Brevis: Along the Years

Year	Age	Achievement
2021	18	Made his debut for the South Africa Under-19 team
2021	18	Signed by Northerns ahead of the 2021–22 domestic cricket season in South Africa
2022	19	Selected for the South Africa squad for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup
2022	19	Bought by the Mumbai Indians in the IPL auction
2022	19	Named the Most Valuable Player of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup
2023	20	Made his international T20I debut for South Africa against Australia
2024	21	Played for the Mumbai Indians in the 2024 IPL
2025	22	Played for CSK in the 2025 IPL
2025	22	Made his ODI and Test Debut

Dewald Brevis Records

8th most runs in an Under-19 Cricket World Cup (506).
Highest score in T20I for a Number 4 batter against a Test-playing nation.
Youngest South African player to reach 100 in the men's T20 format.

Dewald Brevis Awards and Accolades

Player of the Tournament at the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

Dewald Brevis Career

Dewald Brevis, a South African cricketer who goes as Baby AB or Junior AB, is known for his destructive batting. Brevis holds the record for most runs in an Under-19 Cricket World Cup series with 506 runs at the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In men's T20 cricket, he is also the youngest South African player to make a century.

Dewald Brevis Domestic Career

Ahead of South Africa's domestic cricket season in 2021–2022, he signed a contract with Northerns in April 2021. On October 8, 2021, he played in the 2021–22 CSA Provincial T20 Knock-Out tournament for the South Africa Under-19s against Easterns, making his T20 debut. He scored 46 from 25 balls.

On December 2, 2022, he played for the Titans against the Lions in Centurion, making his List A debut. He made his first-class debut on the 26th of February 2023, at Durban, with the Titans against the Dolphins.

Brevis equals the third-highest score in the world and holds the record for the highest T20 score in South Africa. Brevis blasted 162 runs off just 57 balls for the Titans against the Knights on 31st October 2022. When he hit the milestone after just 52 deliveries, he also set a world record for the fastest T20 150. Furthermore, he became the youngest South African to score a 100.

Dewald Brevis IPL Career

Because of his exceptional World Cup batting performance, he was one of the top picks in the IPL 2022 mega auction. After a heated bidding war, the five-time champion Mumbai Indians paid a staggering INR 3 crore to acquire Dewald Brevis.

In the seven games (161 runs at a strike rate of 142.48) he played for MI in the IPL 2022 season, he showed glimpses of his talent. Before the 2023 IPL, Brevis was signed by the Mumbai Indians team for the same sum of money, INR 3 crore. But Brevis, the newest Proteas star, was never allowed to play on the big stage in the IPL 2023 season. MI decided to retain him for the 2024 season, but he was let go in 2025, and the Chennai Super Kings bought him.

He has played 16 IPL games so far, in which he has scored more than 450 runs and picked up a single wicket.

Batting:

Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s
16	16	0	455	57	28.43	297	153.19	0	2

Dewald Brevis International Career

Dewald Brevis' international career started in August 2023.

Dewald Brevis ODI Career

Dewald Brevis made his ODI debut against Australia in August 2025.

Batting & Fielding

Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100s	50s
6	6	1	110	49	22.00	159.42	0	0

Dewald Brevis Test Career

Dewald Brevis made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in June 2025. On June 28th, 2025, he made his Test cricket debut, scoring a remarkable 51 off 41 with three fours and four sixes. Together with Titans teammate Lhuan-dre Pretorius, who was also making his debut, he scored 95 runs, preventing South Africa from collapsing too quickly. He also took his debut test wicket in the series.

Batting & Fielding

Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100s	50s
2	3	0	84	51	28.00	98.82	0	1

Dewald Brevis T20I Career

He was included in the South Africa A first-class and List A squad for their tour of Sri Lanka in April 2023. On August 14, 2023, Dewald Brevis was called up for his first international match when the South African team was announced to play against Australia. On August 30, 2023, he played his maiden international Twenty20 match in Durban against Australia.

Batting:

Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100s	50s
12	12	2	345	125*	34.50	192.73	1	1

Dewald Brevis Under-19 Career

Brevis was selected for South Africa's squad to compete in the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was the tournament's highest scorer with 505 runs. He scored two centuries and three fifties. He was awarded Player of the Tournament.

Dewald Brevis Family

Jack Brevis is Dewald Brevis's father, and Yolanda Brevis is her mother. Reinard Brevis is the older brother of the all-round batsman.

Dewald Brevis is dating Linda Maree as of September 2025.

Dewald Brevis Salary

When Dewald Brevis joined the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2025 as a substitute for Gurjapneet Singh due to injury, his pay was ₹2.2 Crore (Indian Rupees). At the IPL mega auction, he had first gone unsold.

Dewald Brevis, who was signed by the Pretoria Capitals in the SA20 player auction on September 9, 2025, would receive R16.5 million (about ₹8.31 crore) for the 2025–26 SA20 season. This is almost four times more than his Indian Premier League (IPL) wage with the Chennai Super Kings. This amount also makes him the most expensive player in SA20 history.

Dewald Brevis House

Dewald Brevis resides in his hometown, Johannesburg, South Africa.

FAQs on Dewald Brevis

Is Dewald Brevis related to AB de Villiers?

Dewald Brevis is not related to AB de Villiers in any way.

How old is Dewald Brevis?

Dewald Brevis is 22 years old as of September 2025.

In which IPL team does Dewald Brevis play?

Dewald Brevis plays for CSK in IPL.

Who is known as baby AB de Villiers in cricket?

Dewald Brevis is known by the nickname ‘Baby AB’.

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