WATCH- Dewald Brevis bought by Pretoria Capitals for record sum in SA20 2025 auction on Sourav Ganguly’s persuasion

Joburg Super Kings bowed out out bidding at R13.50 million, leaving PC to buy Brevis.

Sourav Ganguly made a huge impact after becoming the head coach of Pretoria Capitals. He helped them bag their biggest prize in the recent SA20 2025 auction. The Capitals bagged the latest sensation, Dewald Brevis, at the auction from under the Joburg Super Kings’ noses.

Ganguly convinced the franchise to shell out a record sum of 16.5 million rand to acquire Dewald Brevis. The 22-year-old fetched 16.5 million rand, which equated to INR 8 crores.

When Brewis' name came up, the South African youth sparked a bidding battle between the Johannesburg Super Kings and the Paarl Royals.

JSK's Stephen Fleming and PR's Kumar Sangakkara worked tirelessly, and within 4 minutes, Brevis had surpassed the Rand 10-million milestone, prompting a round of applause in the audience. Neither JSK nor PR was willing to let go until the other did.

With the Royals withdrawing, JSK believed they had their man, but Ganguly had other ideas. The Capitals paid Rand 10.1 million and put Fleming under the pump. Capitals stuttered for a bit when JSK upped their bid to Rand 13 million, but regrouped to think.

The expressions on people's faces as the offer reached R 15 million told the story. Finally, at 16.5, JSK came to a halt, with Fleming signaling that they were out. Ganguly and his staff sighed a sigh of relief when the gavel finally fell.

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Dewald Brevis’s Rand 16.50 million broke the record of Aiden Markram, who was bought by Durban Super Giants for Rand 14 million.gangu

"I hope he does well. I think he is a tremendous talent. His game has really progressed over the last year and a half, as we saw against Australia. On that tour, he showed he is a game-changer, and that’s exactly what you need in T20 cricket. We have Russell Rutherford, who can really step it up, and I hope Brevis does the same. I never associate performance with money. Leaving aside the R 16.5 million, I believe he is a fantastic talent. He plays spin very well, which is extremely important, and taking everything into account, that’s why he went for that price," Ganguly said.

Brevis has played 103 T20 games, scoring 2491 runs with a strike rate of 154.81. He has two centuries and 11 fifties to his name.

He played for MI Cape Town in the previous three seasons of SA20 and scored 676 runs in 32 games with four fifties and a strike rate of 145.37.