Chennai: Five time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has refuted offie R Ashwin's claim that the franchisee has signed South African Dewald Brevis as replacement by paying more than Rs 2.2 crore in IPL 2025.
In an official statement, it said Chennai Super Kings categorically clarifies that all actions taken by the franchise during the signing process of Dewald Brevis as a replacement player during TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 were in complete compliance with the rules and regulations of IPL.
In April, 2025, Dewald Brevis was signed for a league fee of Rs 2.2 crore as a replacement player for the injured Gurjapneet Singh, who was picked up at the IPL 2025 Player Auction held at Abadi AI Johar Arena, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for a price of Rs 2.2 crore.
Dewald Brevis was signed in full accordance with the IPL Player Regulations 2025-27, specifically clause 6.6 under ‘Replacement Players’ which said “A replacement Player signed pursuant to either paragraph 6.1 or 6.2 can be recruited at a League Fee which shall not be more than the League Fee that would have been payable to the injured/unavailable player for the relevant season", the CSK said.
"If a Replacement Player is recruited during a season, the League Fee actually paid to him will be reduced to take account of the Franchisee’s matches during the relevant season which took place before he was registered and any other relevant deductions under the Player Contract”, it said.
Furthermore, the IPL also issued a Media Advisory dated April 18, 2025 confirming the signing of Dewald Brevis.
Reposting the Media Advisory on Saturday, it said CSK have signed South Africa's Dewald Brevis as a replacement for the injured Gurjapneet Singh for the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
Dewald Brevis has played 81 T20s and scored 1,787 runs with a highest score of 162.
He made his T20I debut for South Africa in 2023 and has played 2 T20Is so far.
Brevis was previously part of Mumbai Indians (MI), where he played 10 matches.
He will join CSK for Rs 2.2 crore, the April 18 Media Advisory said.
Chennai Super Kings once again reiterates that all procedures were followed in accordance with the TATA IPL protocols.