Overview

• Ravichandran Ashwin said on his YouTube channel that Dewald Brevis’s agent secured extra payment above Brevis’s ₹75 lakh base price and that CSK agreed to the demand.
• On August 16, CSK issued an official statement invoking IPL Player Regulations clause 6.6 to assert that Brevis’s ₹2.2 crore league fee did not exceed the fee of the injured player he replaced.
• Analysts noted that pro-rata salary mechanics for mid-season signings would limit Brevis’s actual earnings for the remainder of the season to around ₹1.1 crore.
• Former India spinner Aakash Chopra and other commentators questioned whether Ashwin’s revelation exposed a loophole in replacement-player rules, fueling media scrutiny.
• No IPL or BCCI disciplinary action or audit finding has been reported to contradict CSK’s claim of full compliance