Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday, June 06, announced the Test squad for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. The two African nations will play two Tests, starting on June 28 at the Queen's Sports Club Cricket Ground in Bulawayo. The second Test will begin on July 6 and will be played at the same venue. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) star Dewald Brevis is in contention to make his Test debut.
The youngster has been in a rich vein of form in 2025, starting from the SA20 League for MI Cape Town (MICT) to the IPL for CSK. Although Brevis missed out on selection in the Proteas' upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) Final squad, he is likely to be handed a debut cap against Zimbabwe. For the Zim Test series, South Africa have given six WTC squad members Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, and Dane Paterson rest. It is also highly likely, Paterson he will retire from Tests after the WTC Final against Australia at Lord's, starting June 11 to 15.
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Apart from Dewald Brevis, the squad features Lesego Senokwane, Codi Yusuf, and Prenelan Subrayen are also in line to make their Test debuts against Zimbabwe. The Proteas are keen to build a young and strong core for the future. South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad is pretty impressed with the progress Brevis has shown over the past year.
The CSK star was the second-highest run-scorer in the recent first-class season, amassing 573 runs in 12 innings, which included two centuries and two half-centuries.
Conrad said in a statement, “Dewald deserves a lot of credit for how he has progressed over the past 12 months. He's shown real growth and maturity in the longer format, and it's encouraging to see him evolving into a more complete cricketer.”
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South Africa Test squad for Zimbabwe series:
Temba Bavuma, David Bedingham, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Corbin Bosch, Tony de Zorzi, Zubayr Hamza, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Lesego Senokwane, Prenelan Subrayen, Kyle Verreynne, and Codi Yusuf.
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