Up to date on: Aug 16, 2025 08:38 pm IST
Dewald Brevis was in sensational kind as he displayed his big selection of photographs and justified the label placed on him as AB de Villiers’ successor.
It was pure blitzkrieg on Saturday on the Cazaly’s Stadium, Dewald Brevis blazed his technique to the quickest T20I fifty for South Africa, as they took on Australia within the series-deciding third T20I.
Brevis was in sensational kind as he displayed his big selection of photographs and justified the label placed on him as AB de Villiers’ successor.
He reached his fifty in solely 22 balls, which is the quickest for the Proteas on this format. He bettered his file, which he made within the second T20I earlier this week. Earlier than him, JP Duminy held the file for 16 years, having smacked a 31-ball fifty in Melbourne in 2009.
Aiden Markram hails Dewald Brevis
Talking after the match, South Africa captain Aiden Markram mentioned, “Brevis with a bat all through the sequence was actually good [and] different guys placing their palms up right here and there as nicely, so nonetheless some good issues to take from it.”
When requested if Brevis could possibly be a celebrity sooner or later, Markram replied, “I do not wish to jinx it, however I actually assume so. Not many guys can do what he can do and he is solely like 22 or 23 so very particular participant, particular expertise and he works actually laborious so fingers crossed he is acquired an enormous profession, however I really consider he does.”
Brevis ultimately departed for 53 off 26 balls, as South Africa posted 172/7 in 20 overs. Nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient as Glenn Maxwell’s heroics within the run-chase noticed Australia attain 173/8 in 19.5 overs.
Brevis additionally reached the milestone of the quickest fifty vs Australia in Australia, overtaking Ravi Bopara’s 23-ball fifty in Hobart in 2014. Within the second T20I, Brevis smacked an unbeaten knock of 125 runs off solely 56 balls. It was additionally the second-fastest ton for South Africa, coming in solely 41 deliveries.
