Ahead of the IPL 2026 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) received bitter news about South African batsman Dewald Brevis. Brewis will reportedly miss the match against the Rajat Patidar-led side at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, April 5.
The Proteas batsman suffered a side strain before the start of the IPL 2026 season. He could not play the matches against Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). MS Dhoni also could not play due to calf injury. Brewis is currently training at the practice nets, but the CSK management is wary of rushing his return.
Devald Brevis sure to miss the match against RCB, possibility of comeback against DC
RevSportz’s Rohit Juglan provided an update on Dewald Brevis’ fitness. Juglan said that Brewis will not play the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Chennai Super Kings management wants to avoid a decline in fitness before allowing the South African batsman to return to competitive cricket.
Dewald Brevis is expected to return against Delhi Capitals (DC). Chennai Super Kings will host Delhi Capitals on April 11 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Axar Patel led Delhi Capitals to a win over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their opening match of the season.
Delhi Capitals also defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets. He has four runs with a net run rate of +1.170. Chennai Super Kings will hope that Dewald Brevis will provide stability in the middle order against Delhi Capitals when he returns from his side strain injury.
CSK struggled in the initial matches without Dewald Brevis
Chennai Super Kings lost their first match in Guwahati against Rajasthan Royals by 127 runs by eight wickets. In their second match, Chennai Super Kings scored 209 runs against Punjab Kings, but Punjab chased down the target and won by five wickets in Chennai.
Without Dewald Brevis, Ruturaj Gaikwad chose Matt Short in the middle order. Chennai Super Kings played only two foreign players during the match against Punjab Kings. Noor Ahmed and Matt Henry played while Prashant Veer made his IPL debut.
Dewald Brevis impressed with strong performance ahead of IPL 2026
Dewald Brevis joined Chennai Super Kings as a replacement midway through the 2025 season. He scored 225 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 180, which included two half-centuries. Chennai Super Kings retained Brewis for ₹2.20 crore for the 2026 season.
He performed well in the SA20 tournament this year while playing for Pretoria Capitals. The batsman scored a century in the final match against Sunrisers Eastern Cape and finished as the second highest run-scorer in the tournament.
During the T20 World Cup 2026, he scored 207 runs in seven innings at an average of 29.57 and strike rate of 146.81. Brewis has scored 544 runs in the first phase of the year at an average of 34.00 and a strike rate of 147.02.
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