Khan set to keep a close eye on Brevis at SA20 auction

MI Cape Town captain Rashid Khan is hoping the Betway SA20 champions will be able to retain Proteas star Dewald Brevis at next month's auction in Johannesburg.

- ZAAHIER ADAMS

Brevis has been playing alongside the Afghanistan superstar Khan since SA20’s inception three seasons ago, while they were also on the winning side together for MI New York in the inaugural Major League Cricket Season.

However, it was last season when Khan saw the best of the talented youngster after Brevis played a pivotal role in guiding the Newlands-based franchise to their first SA20 title with 291 runs at an average of 48.50 and strike-rate of 184.17.

Coupled with a few stunning catches in the outfield, it earned Brevis the SA20 Rising Star award.

But this was still not enough to entice the MI Cape Town hierarchy to keep hold of Brevis when the franchise’s pre-list signing list was unveiled last month, which includes Khan, Kag-iso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, New Zealand swing bowler Trent Boult and West Indies blaster Nicholas Pooran.

Brevis, though, sent a timely reminder with a blistering 125 not out off 56 balls in the second T20I against Australia this week.