India, Aug. 16 -- It was pure blitzkrieg on Saturday at the Cazaly's Stadium, Dewald Brevis blazed his way to the fastest T20I fifty for South Africa, as they took on Australia in the series-deciding third T20I.

Brevis was in sensational form as he displayed his wide array of shots and justified the label put on him as AB de Villiers' successor.

He reached his fifty in only 22 balls, which is the fastest for the Proteas in this format. He bettered his record, which he made in the second T20I earlier this week. Before him, JP Duminy held the record for 16 years, having smacked a 31-ball fifty in Melbourne in 2009.

Speaking after the match, South Africa captain Aiden Markram said, "Brevis with a bat throughout the series was really good ...