The Indian u19 team churned out a phenomenal 45-run win over South Africa in their first match of the U-19 World Cup on Saturday. The Indian skipper, Yash Dhull played a match-winning knock of 82, as his innings steered the side to 232 before Vicky Ostwal’s five-wicket haul laid the foundation for an Indian victory with a 5-wicket haul. While South Africa endured a poor outing with the bat, one of the side’s batters – Dewald Brevis – drew the attention of the fans due to his uncanny similarity with AB de Villiers.
The South African player fondly termed Dewald Brevis as ‘Baby AB’, and the youngster played a crucial knock of 65, but it wasn’t enough to take his team over the finishing line.
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The 18-year-old Brevis, with his batting stance and timing, drew comparisons with the legendary South African cricketer, AB de Villiers on social media. When Brevis reached his fifty, the players in the South African dugout were also seen holding a placard that read ‘BABY AB!!!’ Apart from the players, even drew a comparison between Dewald Brevis and AB de Villiers.
Dewald Brevis is known as "Baby AB" in South Africa and last night when he completed his fifty against India U-19, his team-mates showed it from the dressing room. pic.twitter.com/6AhmST0AJB
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 16, 2022
A video posted by Cricket South Africa, which compiled exemplary big-hitting shots of Dewald Brevis, also went viral after his appearance in the U-19 World Cup game against India. Needless to say, Brevis idolizes de Villiers. Here is the video of the same:
Baby @ABdeVilliers17
Dewald brevis batting against india u19#ViratKohli#ABDevilliers pic.twitter.com/R5bOYUpXjL— Xenomorph (@poppingCrease1) January 16, 2022
In addition to his 65-run innings that included 6 fours and 2 sixes, Dewald Brevis also picked up a couple of Indian wickets while conceding 43 runs in 7.5 overs. During Brevis’ stage at the crease, South Africa was in a prime position to secure a win against Yash Dhull’s side. However, Raj Bawa dismissed the South African youngster to bring India back in the game.
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Earlier, the U-19 World Cup commenced on January 14 and South Africa – placed in Group B, will now be locking horns with Uganda on Tuesday. Their last group game will be against Ireland on January 21. India U-19, meanwhile, is comfortably placed at the top of the group and will meet Ireland and Uganda on January 19 and 22 respectively.
