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CSK Issues Official Statement After Ravichandran Ashwin Exposed Former Champions Paying Extra Money To Acquire Dewald Brevis

Chandra Moulee Das

Last updated: August 16, 2025

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Recently, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin exposed the franchise for paying extra money to secure the services of Proteas youngster Dewald Brevis midway during the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) season as an injury replacement for Gurjapneet Singh. While Brevis’ official signing amount was INR 2.2 crores, Ashwin highlighted that the South African decided to join CSK despite offers from other teams since the five-time champions were willing to pay extra money. While the revelation stirred quite a sensation, CSK has now put out an official statement refuting any such claims.

In the statement, CSK clarified that the deal was negotiated in compliance with all the IPL rules.

The CSK statement read, “Chennai Super Kings categorically clarifies that all actions taken by the franchise during the signing process of Dewald Brevis as a Replacement Player during TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 were in complete compliance with the rules and regulations of IPL.”

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Signing Dewald Brevis ended up being a successful gamble for CSK

In his first two IPL seasons (2022 and 2024), the 22-year-old played for the Mumbai Indians but didn’t really capitalise on the opportunities and subsequently went unsold at last year’s mega-auction. However, after donning the Yellow jersey, Brevis looked fabulous scoring 225 runs in six games at an impressive average of 37.50 while hitting at a blistering rate of 180. The youngster ended up being the solution to CSK’s finishing problems, although by then CSK was almost out of contention for a playoffs spot and the eventually finished the season at the bottom of the table with only four wins from 14 outings.

Going into IPL 2026, CSK will be extremely happy with their purchase as he can be seen as a long term option given his age and his current form. Since the IPL 2025, Dewald Brevis has been in incredible touch. He played in the Vitality T20 blast and smashed 166 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 180.43 while averaging at 33.2.

Next, he got his first Test cap for South Africa and scored a fifty on debut. He followed it up by finishing as the top scorer for his team in the T20I tri series comprising Zimbabwe and New Zealand.

In the ongoing T20I series against Australia, he scripted history by becoming the youngest South African to score a century in the second game and then blasted a fiery 26-ball 53 in the ongoing series decider today.