'Baby De Villiers' Back In IPL! CSK Announce Gurjapneet Singh's Replacement

IPL 2025: CSK have announced the signing of 'Baby De Villiers', who has replaced the 'injured' Gurjanpreet Singh in the squad. Read below.

Dewald Brevis previously represented Mumbai Indians in the IPL

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IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings have made a huge move mid-season of IPL 2025, as the 5-time champions have landed Dewald Brevis into their squad. The sensational South African batter has replaced Gurjapneet Singh for this season.

Bringing a whole lot of Protea Firepower! 💪🏻#WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/9seFMWU1fI

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 18, 2025

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Chennai Super Kings sign Dewald Brevis as a replacement for the injured Gurjapneet Singh.

Details 🔽 #TATAIPL | @ChennaiIPL https://t.co/0iToHNpVf8 pic.twitter.com/Gto18BfzII

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 18, 2025

And now, Dewald Brevis is Yellove! 💛#WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛

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— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 18, 2025

CSK, who are currently struggling this season, are in dire need of an explosive batter, as their scoring rate is the lowest amongst all the teams.

Dewald Brevis has been signed for INR 2.2 crore, and can potentially feature for CSK in thier next match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, on Sunday, April 20.

CSK, who had 7 foreigners in their squad, were able to sign an overseas player against an Indian player, because IPL allows franchises to have maximum 8 overseas players in their side.

Dewald Brevis is an exciting batter, and has been nicknamed 'Baby De Villiers' due to his similarity of playstyle to that of South African legend AB De Villiers.

CSK are currently at the bottom of the table with 2 wins and 5 losses, and their chances of qualifying for the playoffs are slowly fading away.

Never in the history of IPL have CSK failed to qualify for the playoffs in two consecutive season.

The 5-time champions have only failed to reach the last four on three occasions (2020, 2022, 2024).

CSK Squad For IPL 2025

MS Dhoni (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis .