On Sunday, May 25, Chennai Super Kings locked horns against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The Men in Yellow, batting first, rode on Dewald Brevis' knock and put 230 runs on the board. Notably, Brevis scored 57 (23), which featured five sixes and four fours.
Brevis has become the talking point of the season as the 22-year-old, who went unsold during the auction, took the league by storm after he was roped in by the Kings as Gurjapneet Singh's replacement. In the ongoing match, Brevis, who has earned the moniker of Baby AB, showed glimpses of AB De Villiers and the netizens soon started to compare the two.
Meanwhile, this article will compare the stats of Dewald Brevis and AB de Villiers after 16 innings as the CSK star has played just 18 knocks in the IPL history.
ABD vs Baby AB: The Better Run-Maker After 16 Innings
Notably, talking about the two players after 16 innings, then the difference between the two is minimal. Brevis, in his first 16 IPL innings, has scored 455 runs, while, AB de Villiers was just 45 runs ahead and amassed 500 runs in his first 16 IPL innings.
Brevis, who is having an amazing IPL 2025, has just fifties to his name and is still searching for his maiden century in the cash-studded league. However, ABD had scripted several personal milestones in his initial days in the IPL as he had a century against CSK and also had three fifty-plus scores.
Shedding light on the strike-rate and also the average, then ABD had 45.45 average and a strike-rate of 125.95. Meanwhile, Brevis only has an average of 28.43, but boasts a strike-rate of 160.
Criteria
Dewald Brevis
AB De Villiers
Innings
16
16
Runs
455
500
Average
28.43
45.45
Strike-Rate
160
125.95
50
2
3
100
0
1
Single-Digit Score
1
1
The stats clearly show that AB De Villiers was ahead of Dewald Brevis in terms of run-scoring, but Brevis has played more aggressively and also has been successful in his approach. Further, the difference is of just 45 runs and fifty-plus runs knock for Brevis in IPL 2026 and he will take his runs tally higher than AB De Villiers.
Dewald Brevis And AB - (Source : @Johns/X.Com)
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