Legendary South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs took to X on Monday to post a tweet in which he slammed talented young South African batter Dewald Brevis. Brevis was in action for Pretoria Capitals
on Monday in the SA20 match against two-time champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape, but he failed to play a match-winning knock for the Keshav Maharaj-led side. In fact, in the match where PC were asked to chase down the target of 189 runs, Brevis could only manage to score 12 runs from 5 balls as a No. 4 batter.
He smashed one six and one four for the Sourav Ganguly-coached side on the second and third balls of the eighth over bowled by Lewis Gregory at St George’s Park in Gqeberha. But in an attempt to hit another maximum, he was caught by Matthew Breetzke near the boundary ropes on the fourth ball.
After Brevis was sent back to the pavilion by Gregory on Monday, Gibbs posted a tweet in which he stated that Brevis is not showing any signs of game management.
“Would love to know what the coaches are saying to this Brevis boy, his not showing any signs of game management even though he’s played plenty t20s already..” Gibbs tweeted.
Gibbs’ tweet caught the attention of fans on the micro-blogging social media site, and while replying to a fan’s comment on his post, Gibbs said that the young right-handed batter should play more with more responsibility, but he doesn’t give him that impression.
“More responsibility must come from him but he doesn’t give me the impression he wants that,” Gibbs wrote.
While replying to another comment, Gibbs stated that batting is about habits, and getting short 30-40 run knocks is not good for the former Mumbai Indians and MI Cape Town star, who has also represented South Africa in all three formats of the game since first bursting onto the scene during the 2022 U19 World Cup.
“Batting is about habits and that’s not a good sign for him,” Gibbs tweeted.
Brevis, who played a big role in MI Cape Town’s maiden SA20 title win earlier this year, is the most expensive player in SA20 2026. He was signed for R16.5 million (approx. ₹8.30 crore) in the SA20 auction held earlier this year.
