Mumbai Indians middle-order batter Dewald Brevis who is famously known as 'Baby AB' among his fans lighten up the MCA stadium in Pune with his hitting.
The South African smashed 29 off the single over bowled by Rahul Chahar to bring MI's chase back on track.
Batting first, PBKS posted 198/5 in 20 overs.
Chasing the target, MI got off to a bad start, losing skipper Rohit Sharma as well as Ishan Kishan cheaply.
Brevis and Tilak Varma struggled to connect initially but in the 9th over of the chase, Brevis found his touch and hit two consecutive fours followed by three back-to-back sixes.
As soon as he did this, MI fans could not keep their calm and started praising the young kid from South Africa, who looks similar to great AB de Villiers while batting.
Check some reactions here:
Dewald brewis
Baby AB wow _
29 runs
4 sixes in an over !#IPL2022 #PBKSvsMI— Mohammad Zaid _ (@_Mohammad__zaid) April 13, 2022
Baby ab _
His inspiration is king kohli __
— king_forever__ (@YogeshS60079723) April 13, 2022
Baby AB for a reason...
Who says IPL only finds talent in India. https://t.co/qDepijLLPa— Sudhir SRKian (@sud_tyagi) April 13, 2022
Cricket fans watching Dewald Brevis pic.twitter.com/L6s5QRFp3w
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 13, 2022
MISSED WELL DESERVED FIFTY
BUT WELL PLAYED DEWALD BREVIS _ pic.twitter.com/abGrVRNLZS— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) April 13, 2022
Well played @DewaldBrevis_17 we really miss you in red colours....hope we find you in next season ...brilliant knock man that sixes truly unbelievable ...top class entertainment
— virat (@cultviratian18) April 13, 2022
Well played __
By Just 1 run, Dewald Brevis missed to become
- Youngest Overseas player to Score 50s in IPL
- Youngest MI player to Score 50s in IPL#MIvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/f9qVNBQAVo— ______ (@Shebas_10dulkar) April 13, 2022
Brevis' inning was cut short by Odean Smith when he was on 49. Smith bowled a half tracker that was angling in to him, he hooked it straight to deep fine leg fielder where Arshdeep did a good job to take the catch.
Earlier, brillant fifties by Shikhar Dhawan (70 off 50) and Mayank Agarwal (52 off 32) powered Punjab Kings to 198/5 against Mumbai Indians in an IPL 2022 match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, here on Wednesday.
Apart from Shikhar and Mayank`s brilliant hitting at the top, Jitesh Sharma (30 off 15) and Shahrukh Khan (15 not out off 6) gave late flourish to Punjab`s innings at lower down the order.
Invited to bat first, openers Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan gave Punjab Kings a flying start, scoring 65/0 in the Powerplay. Both Mayank and Shikhar looked in fine touch, dealt in boundaries and were also helped by some wayward bowling by Mumbai bowlers.
With IANS inputs
