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‘I didn’t even realize what I was doing’- Dewald Brevis opens up on his 35-ball century in CSA T20 Challenge

Suryakumar Yadav and Dewald Brevis have become an integral part of the Mumbai franchise. They have wonderful respect and are also in awe of each other’s batting. In a video uploaded on the Mumbai franchise’s YouTube channel, the two got talking and bonded over discussing batting tips, butter chicken and biryani.

Suryakumar scored 303 runs in eight matches at an average of 43.28 and a strike rate of 145.67 with three fifties in the previous edition of the Indian T20 League. Brevis on the other hand had a wonderful debut for Mumbai last season as he scored 161 runs and picked up a wicket. In 2022 Mumbai finished 10th on the points table and would hope to turn things around in the approaching season, given that they have a strong line-up post the conclusion of the mini-auction for the 2023 season.

“I’m just trying to copy the way you bat,” Suryakumar Yadav told Dewald Brevis as they interacted together in an exclusive chat on the Mumbai franchises channel. “You have to teach me how you do that no-look six”.

The young Proteas star was enthusiastic and replied, “I would love to. It would be an honour, but I would love to learn lots of shots from you as well. I want to tell you a funny story of this. My no-look just happens. It’s weird. I don’t know. It just happens. I always felt that if I keep my head down it helps. And then it just happens.”

It was a very special innings – Dewald Brevis

Over the course of the conversation, the topic shifted to Brevis’s epic innings at the CSA T20 Challenge which is still afresh in the minds of his fans. Dewald scored a 35-ball century and smashed 162 off 57 balls with 13 sixes and 13 fours. Suryakumar was astonished about the same and asked about his diet on the day prior to walking onto the crease.

“I saw on MI’s page that you got a 55-ball 160+ [57-ball 162]. What did you eat on that day?” Surya asked what all of us have been asking.
“I had my normal omelette in the morning,” Dewald laughed as he went on to explain the innings further.

“I just had another normal day. It just happened. I didn’t even realize what I was doing in that moment. I think everything just happened while in that moment. I played every ball at its own time. Ball by ball I tried that. And then at the end, I told one guy ‘I’m going to try to hit and hit every ball for six now’, and he said ‘looks like you have been doing that in this whole innings. It just happened. It was a moment thing. It was a special innings I must say,” he added.