Dewald Brevis’ score of 162 in men’s T20s is the highest by a South African hitter. The previous match record was 140. which was by Quinton de Kock vs. Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022. Hence, Pieter Malan vs. Easterns in 2014. Brevis’ 162 is now South Africa’s best T20 performance.
There are just a handful men’s T20 individual scores higher than Brevis’ 162 vs Knights.
Aaron Finch scored 172 runs against Zimbabwe in contrast to Chris Gayle’s 175* against Pune Warriors for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL in 2013. There are just a handful of men’s T20 individual scores higher than Brevis’ 162 vs Knights.
In T20 cricket, Brevis scored 150 points in the fewest balls of any other hitter. In the IPL in 2013, Chris Gayle scored 175* runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors, while Aaron Finch scored 172 runs against Zimbabwe in 2018. Gayle’s 53 deliveries during his 175* in the 2013 IPL set the previous record.
Brevis, who is 19 years old and 185 days, made history on Monday. By scoring a century in men’s T20 cricket. De Kock, who scored 126* against the Cape Cobras in 2013 at 20 years, 62 days, was the previous youngest player. In men’s T20 cricket, Brevis is also the sixth-youngest batter to record a century.
The Records
Brevis’ strike rate during his innings was 284.21, the fifth-highest rate. In a men’s T20 century and the highest for any T20 century in South Africa.
Wihan Lubbe, who scored 102 points off of 36 balls for North West against Limpopo in 2018, set the previous record with a score of 283.33.
Brevis required 35 balls to reach his century, which is tied for fifth-fastest in T20 cricket (where recorded).
In addition, Lubbe’s 33-ball century against Limpopo in 2018 is the second-fastest T20 hundred by a South African, tied with this one.
In a T20I match in 2017, David Miller also scored 100 points off 35 balls against Bangladesh.
Brevis had 13 sixes in his 162 innings, which was the most by any South African. Batter in a T20 inning.
Along with being the second-most by a South African, Cameron Delport’s 14 sixes against Surrey in the 2019 T20 Blast hold the record with 13 each.
Richard Levi’s century against New Zealand in 2012 also included 13 sixes.
The Partnerships Dewald Brevis
The biggest partnership for any wicket in South Africa’s domestic T20 was 179 runs, between Brevis and Jiveshan Pillay.
It is also South Africa’s second-highest T20 partnership, trailing only the 197-run opening partnership between Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan in 2021.
The most runs ever scored in a T20 match were combined by the Titans and Knights, totaling 501.
The Super Smash in 2016–17 saw Central Districts and Otago set the previous record with 497 points.
The 36 sixes that were hit by both teams at Potchefstroom rank third in a T20.
The Titans’ 271 against the Knights on Monday is the fourth-highest men’s T20 total by any side and the greatest T20 total in South Africa. In South Africa, North West’s 262 against Limpopo in 2018 was the greatest score.