MI Cape Town’s emerging star Dewald Brevis has already played a couple of blistering knocks for the team and the teenage batting sensation claims he’s learning a lot from the team’s vastly experienced coaching staff.

The 19-year-old cricketer’s name has been on everyone’s lips in the ongoing tournament. His reputation of being a swashbuckler precedes him and has been piling on the run, opening for MI Cape Town.

Speaking about the experience of working with MI Cape Town’s coaching staff, Brevis who has amassed 133 runs in 5 games at a strike rate of 117 – claimed it is a big learning curve for him.

“Amazing. It’s new things that you pick up from them. They give you vital information. Hash (Hashim Amla), he’s such an amazing coach and person so he just brings calmness in me and helps me move a lot of things. We can always speak to each other.

“Same with coach Simon, he’s amazing as the coach. So there’s always time to share things and learn from him. We always speak a lot about that and about things going on with my batting. So all the coaches share so much good information that you can take into your game.”

When asked to highlight the one aspect of his game that he believes is his strength, when he walks onto the field, the youngster showed a lot of maturity and said, “I just try to be myself and stay true to myself and look to enjoy the moment.”

While interacting on the eve of MICT’s game against Paarl Royals, the youngster – who is known for his monstrous sixes – claimed he’s revelled batting in this tournament and loved playing in front of packed Newlands.

“The tournament has been going great for me. I really enjoyed every single moment (in SA20). The home ground of MI Cape Town at Newlands is a special place (for us). We already had special memories (here),” Brevis said.

The South Africa U19 star – who set the stage on fire with a quick-fire 70 in the tournament opener against Paarl Royals – says he’s going to approach the game the way he has played in the past when his team faces the Royals in the reverse fixture on Saturday (January 21st) at Boland Park. He also stated that the setbacks in the last couple of games won’t impact him.

“It’s a new day, lots of things to look out for. The conditions change and you have to play the conditions and stay in the moment. The past games have already finished. So it’s a new challenge out there. I would try to just stay true to myself and enjoy it. I’m always looking forward to every single game.”