EXPLAINED: How Did CSK Sign Brevis Despite Higher Base Price Than Gurjapneet? – Cricket.com

Five-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings have signed 21-year-old Dewald Brevis as a replacement for injured Gurjapneet Singh, on April 18 (Friday). Ahead of IPL 2025, the Tamil Nadu pacer was a highly sought-after purchase for the franchise, getting him for INR 2.2 crore.
However, his struggle with injuries over the past few months has ensured that he didn’t get a single opportunity in the season and was ruled out. With CSK now having a set template in the bowling department, they have gone with the South African batter Brevis, who has been in sizzling form across T20 competitions. 
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Since the start of this year, Brevis has been in top-notch form in T20s, smashing 291 runs across ten innings, averaging 48.5. But what makes the right-hander’s efforts more impressive is when you see the aggression that he brings to the table. The 21-year-old has consistently found boundaries for fun, striking at 184.2, scoring a boundary every 3.8 deliveries.
His inclusion will definitely bolster CSK’s batting outfit, which has looked the worst in IPL 2025.

Unlike before, the current rule at the IPL Auction is that a replacement player can be signed at any base price provided that the player he’s replacing went for over INR 2 crore. 
Given that Gurjapneet was bought at INR 2.2 crore, Brevis, despite having a higher base price than the Tamil Nadu pacer, was signed as a replacement.

Back in 2009, IPL released a statement regarding the same: "to recruit a replacement outside of the auction, at a player fee no more than that of the replaced player," as quoted by News 18, with no capping on the base price. 
Another big question was how CSK could sign an overseas player to replace injured Gurjapneet? Simple, CSK have one overseas slot left to be filled, which is why they can sign Brevis as a replacement player for an Indian player.

Earlier this season, the Mumbai Indians signed Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman as an injury replacement for Allah Ghazanfar. Ghazanfar’s base price was INR 75 lakhs, but MI eventually bought him for INR 4.8 crore. 
Because MI paid INR 4.8 crore for Ghazanfar, they could sign Mujeeb despite him having a base price of INR 2 crore. 
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