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Record-breaker! Dewald Brevis shatters multiple T20I milestones in one match | Cricket News
Record-breaker! Dewald Brevis shatters multiple T20I milestones in one match | Cricket News
NEW DELHI: Dewald Brevis lit up the Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin on Tuesday, producing a record-breaking unbeaten 125 off simply 56 balls in the second T20I towards Australia. The 22-year-old’s damaging knock, studded with 12 fours and eight sixes, powered South Africa to 218 for seven — their highest-ever T20I whole towards Australia.After a gradual begin to the collection with simply two runs in the opener, the Chennai Super Kings batter roared again in model. Brevis introduced up his fifty in 25 balls after which accelerated to achieve his century in simply 41 deliveries — the second-fastest for South Africa in males’s T20Is, behind solely David Miller’s 35-ball effort towards Bangladesh in 2017.At 22 years and 105 days, Brevis turned the youngest South African to attain a T20I hundred, eclipsing Richard Levi’s mark of 24 years and 36 days. His 125 not out is now the best particular person rating for South Africa in males’s T20Is, overtaking Faf du Plessis’s 119 towards West Indies in 2015.The innings additionally rewrote multiple information towards Australia: the quickest T20I hundred, the best rating, and essentially the most sixes (eight) by a South African batter in a match towards them.
- Youngest South African to attain a T20I century – At 22 years and 105 days, Brevis broke Richard Levi’s report (24 years, 36 days).
- Highest particular person rating for South Africa in males’s T20Is – 125* overtook Faf du Plessis’s 119 vs West Indies (2015).
- Multiple information vs Australia in a single innings – quickest T20I hundred by a South African, highest rating, and most sixes (8) in a match towards them.
- Elite firm – Became the sixth participant to attain a T20I century towards Australia, becoming a member of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill,
Tillakaratne Dilshan , and Shai Hope. - Highest particular person T20I rating in Australia – Surpassed
Shane Watson ’s 124* vs India (2016). - Big partnership – Added 126 runs with Tristan Stubbs for the fourth wicket, the second-highest for South Africa towards Australia in T20Is, behind
Quinton de Kock & Rilee Rossouw’s 129 (2014). - Record crew whole vs Australia – South Africa’s 218/7 beat their earlier better of 204/7 (2016).
Brevis joined an elite checklist of simply six gamers to attain T20I centuries towards Australia, alongside Ruturaj Gaikwad, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Tillakaratne Dilshan, and Shai Hope.It was additionally the best particular person T20I rating ever recorded in Australia, surpassing Shane Watson’s 124* towards India in 2016.Brevis discovered robust help from Tristan Stubbs, with the pair including 126 runs for the fourth wicket — South Africa’s second-highest stand towards Australia in T20Is, simply wanting Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw’s 129-run partnership in 2014.The Proteas’ last whole of 218 for seven comfortably eclipsed their earlier greatest towards Australia, 204 for seven, set in 2016.
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