R Ashwin exposes CSK, claims team paid Dewald Brevis under the table in IPL 2025
"I will tell you something. About Brevis. He had a great time last IPL with CSK. In fact, a few teams were talking to him. A few teams left him because of the price. When he was supposed to be signed as a replacement, he was supposed to be signed at the base price. But what happens is you talk to the agents and the player will say, if you give me X amount extra, I will come," R Ashwin said on his YouTube video."That happens because the player knows if he is released next season, he will go for good money. So his concept was that, you pay me good money now else I will go for more next year. And CSK were ready to pay him, hence he came. In the back half, the CSK combination was strong. They will go with Rs 30 crore in IPL 2026 mini auction," he added.Brevis was signed by CSK on April 18, midway through the IPL 2024 season. Chennai were struggling with their batting line-up in the tournament and desperately needed to bring in new players. The team signed Ayush Mhatre and Brevis as replacements and reaped the rewards in the final few games of the season."Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have signed South Africa's Dewald Brevis as a replacement for the injured Gurjapneet Singh for the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025... Brevis was previously part of Mumbai Indians (MI), where he played 10 matches. He will join CSK for INR 2.2 crore," a statement from IPL had said back in 2024.Brevis lit up in the IPL 2024, hitting 225 runs from 6 matches. He scored 2 half-centuries and batted at a strike rate of 180.Is Paying Dewald Brevis Extra Unethical?The Indian Premier League has a robust auction system where the teams are given a set budget to make their squad. To preserve parity among the sides, the team needs to hit a minimum number of players in their squad. The main problem with the under-the-table deals is that it defeats the whole purpose of having a team in a set budget, which in this case is Rs 120 crore.advertisementIf Ashwin is correct, then teams who deal in under-the-table negotiations hold the advantage at the auction table because they sign players for less money than what their market value is expected to be.In Brevis's case, CSK paid Rs 2.2 crore officially, but the original sum of money could be much higher than that. However, this becomes a completely different story if other teams employ the same tactics with other players. In any case, Ashwin's claims open up gaps in the franchise model, which perhaps should be looked into by the BCCI.- EndsMust Watch
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