IND vs SA: Temba Bavuma Feels Dewald Brevis Needs Time To Hone His Game; Points Out That He Is Yet To Play A FC Game
Published - 01 Jun 2022, 01:03 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:08 AM
South Africa white-ball captain Temba Bavuma gave his thoughts about young batter Dewald Brevis who had an impressive outing in the recent Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) for the Mumbai Indians (MI). However, he failed to find a spot in South Africa’s T20I squad for the upcoming five-match series against India which will be played across venues in June.
Brevis came off an excellent U19 World Cup in West Indies for South Africa where he was the highest run-getter for his team and in the tournament as well. He made 506 runs in 6 matches at an average of 84.33 with three half-centuries and two centuries to his name. In February 2022, Brevis was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2022 mega auction.
He made an impressive outing for the MI playing 7 matches for MI scoring 161 runs with a best of 49 at a strike rate of 142.28, hitting 14 fours and 11 sixes, justifying his moniker of ‘Baby AB’.
He Will Be Looked After As Well As He Can: Temba Bavuma On Dewald Brevis
Temba Bavuma was questioned about Dewald Brevis’ absence from the South African team for the India T20Is on the eve of the team’s departure to India. Bavuma explained that South Africa did not want to rush the 19-year-old batting wonder into international cricket without preparation and hoped to see him perform well in the domestic set-up this summer.
“In all fairness to him, he hasn’t played a first-class game. In terms of expectation but also allowing the boy to grow within his game, it would be fair to allow him to play a couple of first-class games where he can really get an understanding of his game.
It will be a lot of pressure to throw him into the international set up and expect him to make plays. He will be treated like any other exciting young prospect that comes onto the scene. He will be looked after as well as he can. He should be given time and the space to hone his game within the system and ease into the international side of things,” Bavuma said.
Brevis has been contracted to the Titans based out of Centurion for the next two seasons.
