Dewald Brevis is a South African cricketer known as ‘Baby AB’ or ‘Junior AB’ due to his striking resemblance to the famous South African cricketer, AB de Villiers.
Wiki/Biography
Dewald Brevis was born on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 (age 19 years; in 2022) in Johannesburg, South Africa. He attended Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool in Pretoria, which was also the alma mater of De Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Jacques Rudolph, Heino Kuhn, Neil Wagner, and Kruger van Wyk. In an interview, Dewald revealed that he had always been a cricket fan and started playing in his backyard with his brother and father.
Childhood photo of Dewald Brevis
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 10″
Hair Color: Medium Ash Blonde
Eye Color: Lavendar Grey
Dewald Brevis plays cricket
Family
Parents & Siblings
His father’s name is Jack Brevis, and his mother’s name is Yolanda Brevis. He has a brother named Reinard Brevis.
Dewald Brevis with his mother
Dewald Brevis with his father
Relationship
He is in a relationship with Lindy Maree.
Dewald Brevis with his girlfriend
Religion/Religious Views
Brevis followed Christianity. His Instagram bio says,
All glory to Jesus”
Dewald’s Instagram bio
Career
Dewald Brevis is a senior batsman and leg-break bowler, who has been part of teams like Mumbai Indians, North Under-13 and South Africa Under-19. He was signed by Northerns ahead of the 2021–22 domestic cricket season in South Africa in April 2021. He made his Twenty20 debut for South Africa Under-19 in the 2021–22 CSA Regional T20 Knockout tournament on 8 October 2021. He scored 46 off 25 balls with a strike rate of 184 including two fours and four sixes. In November 2021, he was included in the South African squad for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. He put in an exemplary performance in the tournament as he scored two centuries and three half-centuries, two of them less than 3 and 4 runs short of a century. He scored a total of 506 runs in six innings surpassing Shikhar Dhawan’s record of 505 runs in seven innings. He also managed to take seven wickets. Although South Africa could only advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament, Brevis was named Player of the Tournament. He represented the Titans Cubs at CSA Cubs Week in February 2022 and scored 0, 25, 41*, 58, and 62 at an average of 46.50. The IPL auction begins nine days after the final innings of the World Cup. Its base price is Rs. 20 lakhs and was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 3 crore.
Dewald Brevis plays for Mumbai Indians
Before the IPL, Brevis played only 8 T20 matches in his career, with 204 runs and 5 wickets to his name. Not part of the 11 in Mumbai Indians’ first two matches, Brevis made his IPL debut against Kolkata Knight Riders on 6 April 2022 in Pune. He scored 29 runs off 19 balls. He took the wicket of Virat Kohli in his first delivery of the IPL, after which he blasted 49 runs off 25 balls against Raja Punjab. Brevis made Rahul Chahar the most expensive leg-spinner in Chahar’s IPL career by 170 overs by hitting four before four sixes in a row making the total 29 runs in the over. Till April 2022, he maintained a strike rate of 155 in IPL 2022.
Controversy
During the match between RCB and Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022, Brevis dismissed Virat Kohli on his first delivery in IPL and made Virat miss his first fifty of IPL 2022 by just 2 runs. Dewald played a googly ball, which hit Virat on the pads. The on-field umpire declared him out, after which Virat resorted to DRS which was flagged in vain. This infuriated Kohli, and he expressed his anger by smashing his bat on the ground. This caused a stir in the media and among fans. Even after the match, Virat met Brevis and said,
Young people. Good, huh! Good first meeting, got me on the first ball.”
Record
- Brevis hit the longest six of 112 meters in IPL 2022.
- Broke Shikhar Dhawan’s world record for most runs in a single U19 World Cup tournament by scoring 506 runs in the U19 WC 2022.
AB de Villiers & Baby AB
Having established himself as Baby AB, Brevis has always been a fan of AB de Villiers. Brevis resembles AB de Villiers not only in terms of looks but also in terms of his attitude and game. In an interview, Brevis revealed,
AB de Villiers has always been one of my role models; from childhood, growing up, me [used to] watch him play,”
Dewald Brevis with AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers once visited Brevis school, which is also AB de Villiers’ alma mater. Brevis listened intently as he talked about his experiences and little anecdotes. When it was time for AB to leave, Brevis gathered the courage to ask for his number and to his surprise, AB gave him his number. Keeping in mind Brevis’ passion for cricket, AB decided to teach him cricket tips and tricks. He also helped Brevis improve his game by having clean sessions together. Reportedly, AB has also been to Brevis’ house to help him practice. AB went from being his idol to his mentor. In an interview, Brevis stated,
I always wear my AB de Villiers shirt that my mother made for me. [I just love] the way he plays. He has a great mind and he likes to entertain people. From a young age I was the same – I also wanted to entertain and make a big show every time I batted.
He added,
AB is someone I respect and if I can play just 10 percent like him I will be happy. I like that.”
Interestingly, the Brevis SA U19 shirt also features the number ’17’ on the back, which was used by De Villiers on his ODI debut for the Proteas in 2005. In an interview, he revealed,
I met AB for the first time at Affies and we’ve been in touch ever since. I asked him if I could play with no.17 [shirt] and he said ‘sure, play with it. That’s perfect”
Dewald Brevis Jersey
Favourite
- Shot: straight drive or straight up, 360
Facts/Trivia
- He is also known as AB 2.0.
- According to Weber van Wyk, Brevis’ agent, it is his dream to play for the Proteas. In an interview, he said,
His dream is to play for the Proteas and playing in South Africa is very important to him.”
- Brevis has been made the subject of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are unique digital assets representing real-world objects such as art, music, in-game items and videos that are regularly bought and sold online with cryptocurrency. NFT Brevis is a clip of him rolling England’s Tom Perst for six during the under-19 World Cup quarter-finals in Antigua. NFT Brevis was sold 16 times from March 9, 2022 to April 19, 2022 for USD200 to USD444.
- In an interview, Brevis expressed his desire to play for RCB. He said,
For me, the biggest dream is to play for Proteas and then I am a big fan of IPL, I want to play for RCB because AB (de Villiers) and (Virat) Kohli are there,”
However, during the IPL player auction, RCB did not even bid for him even though the team was looking for a replacement for AB de Villiers.
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
