From South Africa to IPL Stardom: The Inspiring Cricket Career of Dewald Brevis with Complete Stats

We all know that cricket is a game for passionate people – some can rule over it, whereas some are not that lucky. We know that it takes years and years of practice to become a real professional.This article will cover details about Dewald Brevis age, net worth, stats and more. Dewald Brevis is South-African native cricketer who has made heads turn. His impressive performance with T20I games in 2023 has made him quite a head turner. It certainly helps to know that he is the 6th highest run-scorer with 291 points, all the while making the case strong about his impeccable style of playing cricket.

Dewald Brevis (South African Player) Profile

Dewald Brevis is a right handed batsman and cricket player with an impressive profile of being a leg spinner as well. With his profile, he has many times been compared to Baby AB, because of the resemblance of Ab De Villiers’ playing style.

Dewald Brevis Age And Physical Appearance

Born on 29th April 2003, As of 2025 Dewald Brevis Age is 21 years old and will be turning 22 this year. Since his birthday is towards the end of April, his zodiac sign is Taurus. With a very tall build of 6 feet, Dewald has an advantage in terms of his appearance. He carries a weight of 66 kg. It would interest you to know that he has lavender-grey eyes and medium ash blonde hair. This calls for a very striking appearance.

Brevis Early Life

Dewald was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was raised by Jack and Yolanda Brevis and grew up with a sibling named Reinard. As a child, he was raised a strict Christian but that did not stop him from getting interested in crickets and sports! He has mentioned that his favorite cricketer is AB De Villiers, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.

Dewald Brevis Personal Life

We do not have much information about Dewald’s personal life but we do know that he was dating Lindy Maree but we do not have any more information about it. We don’t know if they are dating or not currently.

Dewald Brevis Career as a Cricketer

Under-19 Cricket World Cup 

Brevis was selected for the Cricket World Cup 2022 ICC Under-19 as the Titans Cricket squad from the West Indies in November 2021. During this tournament, he successfully managed to score two 100s and a record-breaking three 50s. In the same match, he was titled ‘Player of the Match’ after having successfully scored 506 runs. He broke the record of Shikhar Dhawan, which stood at 505.

Domestic Cricket 

Brevis was bought by the Northerns for the South African domestic cricket season of 2021–2022. On 8th October that year, Brevis made his Twenty20 debut and played for the South Africa Under-19 match.

On 2nd December in 2022, he went on to make his List A debut for the Titans against the Lions at Centurion after managing to score 25 runs off of balls. He currently holds the record for the highest T20 score in South Africa, and he goes on to hold the third-highest score in the world.

Because he has a unique style of playing, it is no surprise that he managed to achieve a world record for the fastest T20 150, wherein he proudly reached a milestone with 52 deliveries. As of now, Dewald is the youngest South African player to have scored a century.

IPL Career

It might interest you to know that Dewald was bought by the IPL franchise team, Mumbai Indians in February 2022. He was bought by the MI team in the 2023 campaign and acquired for a whopping INR 3 crores at the age of 18.

Dewald Brevis IPL Career: 2025

Talking about the IPL 2025, Dewald Bravis has been acquired by Chennai Super Kings for Rs. 2.2 crores. His gaming skills has impressed the owners of the team and thus during the IPL auctions he was taken by the CSK. He was acquired as a replacement of their player Gurjapneet Singh who recently got injured. His performance for the Mumbai Indians has been recoganised and people are curious to know if he plays for CSk with the same level.

International Career

In 2022 Caribbean Premier League games, he went on to play in the match with the teams Saint Kitts vs. Nevis Patriots. During the match against the Trinbago Knight Riders, Brevis impressed the spectators by smashing 5 sixes in a row!  

He was subsequently signed by the Mumbai Indians Cape Town for the inaugural season of the SA20 and went on to be retained in the 2023 season. In July 2022, which appeared to be a tricky year for Brevis, it was revealed that he had been signed by the Kandy Falcons for the Lanka Premier League.

He also played for MI New York in its opening season in 2023 of MLC in the United States of America, and in this game, he had managed to stand unbeaten at 41 off 33 in the second qualifying game. The MI New York team eventually won thanks to his immaculate playing.

Brevis had a proud moment when he was subsequently named in South Africa’s first-class and also in the List A squad during their Sri Lanka tour in April 2023.He received his first-ever international call-up back on 14th August 2023, when he was named in the South African squad tour of Australia.

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Achievements And awards

It is no surprise that Brevis has attained several achievements and awards; some of these include

• He has acquired the title of most runs in an Under-19 Cricket World Cup Series. He managed to score an impressive 506 runs in the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
• Brevis holds the position of having the highest T20 score in South Africa. His score was the third-best T20 score at the time.
• At 19 years old, Dewald went on to become the youngest South African player to score a century!  

Dewald Brevis Net Worth

According to reports, Dewald has a net worth of INR 16 crores, or $2 million. His primary earnings are sourced from the South African contract and his participation in the SA20 league, in addition to various T20 leagues, brand collaborations, paid promotions, and his contributions from domestic tournaments.

Salary

Brevis is reported to receive a monthly income that ranges from $35,000 to $45,000, and his annual income goes up to $350,000.

Social Media Presence

Given that he is one of the youngest cricketers in the world, thus achieving a celebrity status, Brevis is quite active on social media. His details are:

Conclusion

Over the years, Dewald Brevis has managed to make quite an impact on the cricket industry. He is a talented sportsman and has made his century at a young age, thus being the youngest cricketer to score a century. We expect that he will be playing in many more matches and will up his score as a cricketer in general. 

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