Dewald Brevis earns maiden call-up: South African squad for Australia T20I, ODI series
Dewald Brevis, a rising star in the South African batting order, received his first call-up to the national team on Monday as the squad for the country’s forthcoming home ODI and T20I series against Australia were revealed.
On August 30, the Proteas will host Australia for three Twenty20 Internationals. On September 17, a five-match ODI series will conclude.
Brevis first gained notoriety at the 2022 Under-19 World Cup, where he won the “Player of the Tournament” award and topped the batting charts with 506 runs. Since then, the sexy hitter has participated in T20 tournaments all around the world, most notably with Mumbai Indians in the IPL in addition to MI Cape Town and MI New York.
Senior players Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, and Heinrich Klaasen have been rested in order to focus on ODI World Cup preparations while Donovan Fereira and bowler Gerald Coetzee have also been called up to the T20I team.
South Africa squad for T20Is vs Australia: Aiden Markram (C), Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Lizaad Williams
South Africa squad for ODIs vs Australia: Temba Bavuma (C), Dewald Brevis, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton De kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Henrich Klaasen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada.
‘So Happy & Proud of You’: Tilak Varma Congratulates MI Teammate Dewald Brevis on His Maiden SA Call-up
Indian batter Tilak Varma congratulated his Mumbai Indians teammate Brewis for the maiden call-up. Both players not only share the MI dressing room in IPL but also a great bond of friendship. Tilak took a screenshot of their video call and shared it on Instagram with a caption that read, “Congratulations on your call up brother! So happy and proud of you.”
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