India, Aug. 17 -- Dewald Brevis, a 22-year-old South African middle-order batter, has been the toast of the town following his exploits in the recently concluded three-match T20I series against Australia. The right-hander smashed the highest T20I score by a Proteas batter in the second T20I, scoring an unbeaten 125 off 56 balls. This was also his maiden T20I ton. He then backed it up with a knock of 53 runs off 26 balls.

The knock in the third and final T20I might not have been enough to help South Africa register a win. However, Australia's middle-order batter Glenn Maxwell was all but praising Brevis following the conclusion of the game.

Maxwell sympathised with the Dewald Brevis situation, saying the youngster was probably fast-track...