SA Under-19 star ’Baby AB’ Dewald Brevis pockets R6 million in IPL auction

Cape Town — Fresh off an impressive Under-19 Cricket World Cup performance, new cricket sensation Dewald Brevis has landed himself in the Indian Premier League.

The Mumbai Indians picked up the 18-year-old Brevis, nicknamed “Baby AB” after the great AB de Villiers, for 3 Indian crore, which amounts to just over R6 million.

Brevis had a standout performance at the Under-19 World Cup, where he finished as the competition’s top run scorer with a record 506 in six innings, at an average of 84.33. The previous holder of the record was India’s Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 505 runs in 2004.

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