Brevis living up to promise

Young Dewald Brevis has endured huge expectations placed on him from an early age, and that has probably led to him struggling to live up to expectations in his cricketing career so far.

- with Ross Roche

The 21-year-old burst onto the world scene in 2022, when he broke the record for the most runs scored at an U19 Cricket World Cup, and was named Player-of-the-Tournament.

That secured him a lucrative T20 contract in the IPL for the Mumbai Indians, although he didn't manage to impress in the few opportunities he got that year.

However, he showed his burgeoning talent back in South Africa later that year in October when he broke another world record, this time on the senior front.