India, May 25 -- South African youngster Dewald Brevis continues to impress in the Indian Premier League with his blistering performances for Chennai Super Kings. The young Proteas batter who went unsold in the IPL mega auction was initially picked as a replacement player midseason when CSK was almost out of the playoffs race. Since his arrival, CSK have received a much-needed boost in their batting line-up, which was struggling to fire in the death overs. In the six innings he batted for CSK this season, Brevis has registered 30-plus scores on five occasions.

He also scored a blistering half-century on Sunday against Gujarat Titans to help his team post a mammoth 230/5 at Narendra Modi Stadium. The 22-year-old smashed a 19-ball half-cen...