Chennai Super Kings's young dynamo Dewald Brevis lit up the field with a moment of pure brilliance that turned heads, and possibly the tide, against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, in a high-octane Southern Derby at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Saturday.
RCB were cruising at 97 without loss when Jacob Bethell, in red-hot form after smashing a 28-ball 50, mistimed a pull off Matheesha Pathirana in the tenth over. The ball took a top-edge and looked set to fall in no man's land at deep square leg. But Brevis had other plans.
Springing into action from the boundary, he covered serious ground before launching into a full-stretch dive, inches above the turf, to complete a sensational forward catch.
The stadium gasped. The umpire checked. The replay confirmed that Brevis had pulled off one of the best catches of the season.
Bethell, who was anchoring RCB's explosive start with a 33-ball 55, was left stunned. It was his maiden IPL fifty and the wicket came just when he looked set for a match-defining knock.
Brevis didn’t stop there. He later played a part in the dismissal of Jitesh Sharma as well, capping off an electrifying fielding performance in one of the most gripping matches of IPL 2025, which RCB eventually edged by just two runs.
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