India, May 21 -- Somewhere between waves in Cape Town and the chaos of the Indian Premier League, Dewald Brevis has figured out the hardest thing for a modern cricketer to pull off.

It is neither innovation, nor power hitting, nor the intense social media scrutiny players go through. It is staying true to himself.

In an era where every failure is dissected and measured against replacement options breathing down their necks, Brevis has spent the last few years learning that the danger was never getting out while playing his shots. Instead, the danger was when he drifted away from his game and lost himself.

"I'm just being true to myself," Brevis told HT. "I'm not trying to be someone else. This is how I play and this is how I want to pl...