There's always outside noise, it doesn't affect me: Dewald Brevis

Dewald Brevis brushes aside selection critics: "outside noise doesn't affect me"; SA20 form scrutiny despite MI Cape Town struggles, focuses performance mindset amid BBL/SA20 international transition pressure.

By Rui 11 Jan 2026 in Cricket

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South African explosive middle-order batter Dewald Brevis has revealed that there would always be outside noise, whether he plays the SA20 campaign or the ICC World Cup mega event.

Furthermore, the young and dashing batter has stated that the outside noise doesn’t affect him. Brevis, who is currently plying his trade in the SA20 2025-26 campaign, has stated that he will look to enjoy his game at the forthcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2026 campaign, scheduled to start on Saturday, February 7, in India and Sri Lanka.

"It's always outside noise, whether you play SA20, whatever you play. Whether it's the World Cup or whatever, it stays a cricket game, it stays a ball, a white ball, and whatever it is, I'm just going to enjoy it and just play how I always play. There's always outside noise. It doesn't affect me," Brevis told reporters.

"I think it's great. It's exciting. If I look at everyone, there's form, and everyone's form is just building. But we focus on the now, and that's the S20, and we're having fun here. It's super exciting for the World Cup that's around the corner," he added.

Notably, Brevis made his T20I debut against Australia at Durban in August 2023. Delving into the details of his T20I career, the 22-year-old has played 19 matches, scoring 469 runs at an outstanding strike rate of 173.70 with one century and a half-century.

On the other hand, Dewald Brevis, alongside Corbin Bosch, Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Kwena Maphaka, and Jason Smith, have been picked in the ICC T20 World Cup squad for the first time.

South Africa's squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Aiden Markram (C), Quinton de Kock, Dewald Brevis, Tony de Zorzi, Corbin Bosch, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Jason Smith, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.

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