South African cricketer Dewald Brevis joined Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the end of IPL 2025. He came in as a replacement after Gurjpanit Singh got injured. The team bought him for Rs 2.2 crore. Brevis played 6 matches and scored 225 runs with a strike rate of about 180.

Former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said that Chennai paid more money to include Brevis in the team. On YouTube, Ashwin said the team paid more than his base price. Brevis’ base price was Rs 75 lakh. After this, Chennai Super Kings gave an official statement.

Rules Were Followed

According to a statement by Chennai Super Kings, all actions taken to sign Dewald Brevis as a replacement player in IPL 2025 followed the rules of the IPL.

In April 2025, Brevis was added to the team for Rs 2.2 crore as a replacement for the injured Gurjpanit Singh. Singh was bought for the same amount in the auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Brevis was signed according to IPL Player Regulations 2025-27, especially clause 6.6 about ‘Replacement Players’.

A replacement player can be signed on a league fee. This fee cannot be more than the fee of the injured or unavailable player for that season. If a replacement player joins during the season, the fee will be reduced based on the matches played by the team before he was registered and other deductions in the player contract.

Creating a Stir in Australia

The South African team is touring Australia. They are playing a series of 3 T20 matches. Dewald Brevis is performing very well in the series. In the last match today, he scored a fifty in just 22 balls. He made 53 runs in 26 balls with 6 sixes and 1 four. In the first T20, he scored only 2 runs. In the second match, he played an unbeaten 125 runs in 56 balls.

Brevis has played 102 T20 matches in his career. He has scored 2,438 runs with an average of 29.02 and a strike rate of 154.01.