U19 World Cup: Dewald Brevis makes heads turn ahead of IPL 2022 auction after breaking Shikhar Dhawan's record

U19 World Cup 2022: Dewald Brevis, who is nicknamed Baby AB, broke Shikhar Dhawan's record for the most runs scored in a single edition of the showpiece event. Brevis has hit 2 hundreds, taking his tally to 506.

Dewald Brevis, nicknamed Baby AB for his similarities with AB de Villiers, has taken the cricket world by storm with his performances in the U-19 World Cup. The 18-year-old has made a name for himself ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction in which he has listed himself among other South African cricketers.

Dewald Brevis, the South Africa U19 batting star on Thursday broke an 18-year-old record for the most runs scored in a single edition of the U19 World Cup Brevis broke Shikhar Dhawan's record for the most runs, overtaking the India opening batter's tally of 505 runs.

Brevis smashed 7 sixes and 11 boundaries for his 130-ball 138 for South Africa U19 against Bangladesh U19 in their match for 7th-8th placing at the ongoing U19 World Cup. Brevis's stroked-filled knock helped the junior Proteas successfully gun down a 294-run target in Coolidge.

RECORD BREAKER Dewald Brevis has scored more #U19CWC runs in a single edition than any other batter in the history of the game#BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/pzA16FjaWb

Shikhar Dhawan had hit 504 runs in the 2008 U19 World Cup which India won under Virat Kohli's captaincy.

Dewald Brevis was in scintillating form in the U19 World Cup in the West Indies as he began his campaign against India U19 with a stroke-filled 65. He then followed it up with a 104 against Uganda. He hit 96 against Ireland and 97 against England in the quarter-final.

His only failure came against Sri Lanka as he was dismissed for a 6.