JUST IN: Pretoria Capitals Sign Dewald Brevis for Record-Breaking R16. 5 Million at SA20 Auction
Pretoria Capitals outbid franchises including Super Kings to secure 22-year-old Dewald Brevis, who impressed with a 225-run IPL performance, for a record R16.5 million at SA20 auction.
- On Tuesday, at the SA20 auction in Johannesburg, Dewald Brevis was sold to the Pretoria Capitals for R16.5 million, setting a new record as the most expensive player in SA20 history.
- Sourav Ganguly, who attended the auction in person, led Pretoria Capitals in a fierce bidding battle with Joburg Super Kings to secure Dewald Brevis.
- His recent SA20 form, including 291 runs, boosted Brevis's value after impressive spells for MI Cape Town and as a Chennai Super Kings replacement in IPL 2025.
- Brevis's fee immediately topped Aiden Markram's R14 million sale, eclipsing the previous R9.2 million record and resetting SA20 price benchmarks.
- The Johannesburg auction underlined SA20's rapid growth, with multiple franchises breaking records and Capitals' aggressive spending signaling rising player valuations and tougher future auctions.
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Ganguly's Pretoria team lands big-hitting Brevis for record price
Coach Sourav Ganguly splashed out a record 16.5-million rand ($941,000) to land big-hitting Dewald Brevis for his Pretoria Capitals franchise in the SA20 auction in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The former India captain won a bidding war against former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming, who wanted Brevis for the Joburg Super Kings. The price paid for Brevis eclipsed the record of R14-million ($798,000) which took South African T20 international cap…
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