Chennai Super Kings have signed South African batter Dewald Brevis as a replacement for the injured Gurjapneet Singh for the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League 2025. Brevis was previously with Mumbai Indians, where he played 10 matches. He failed to attract a bid during the IPL 2025 mega auction after being released by the Mumbai franchise. However, he now finds a new home with CSK, who have signed him for INR 2.2 crore.
Speculation about his return to the IPL had begun earlier in the day after Brevis posted a blank yellow background on his Instagram story, leading fans to believe he was hinting at a move to CSK. The post came just days after he was signed by Hampshire Cricket for the upcoming T20 Vitality Blast in England.
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The 21-year-old Brevis has played 81 T20 matches and scored 1,787 runs with a highest score of 162. He made his T20 international debut for South Africa in 2023 and has played two matches for the national team so far. Brevis first rose to fame during the ICC U19 Men’s World Cup in 2022. He scored 506 runs in six innings, including two centuries and three half-centuries, earning comparisons to AB de Villiers.
Since then, he has made a mark in global T20 leagues. He has featured for MI New York in Major League Cricket, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League, and also played for Morrisville Samp Army and New York Strikers in the Abu Dhabi T10 League. In the 2025 SA20 League, he finished as the second-highest run-getter with 291 runs. Overall, he averages 26.27 with a strike rate of 144.93 in T20s. He has registered one century and seven fifties in the format.
CSK have had a poor season so far in IPL 2025. They are currently at the bottom of the table with just two wins from seven games. The team is also without their regular captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has been ruled out due to injury. MS Dhoni has taken over the captaincy once again and helped the team break their five-match losing streak with a five-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants.
Chennai will next face Mumbai Indians on April 20 at the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai come into the clash in good form after registering back-to-back wins.