lucknow Super Giants have given Matthew Breetzke a chance to debut in their last match of IPL 2025. LSG is already out of the playoffs and now has come out to save its reputation against royal challengers Bangalore. Actually Aiden Markram was not available for the match against RCB, so he has been replaced by Matthew Breetzke (Aiden Markram Replacement). Breetzke is a South African wicketkeeper batsman and has a lot of experience in T20.
Who is Matthew Breetzke?
Matthew Breetzke hails from south africa and made a splash in his ODI debut. Currently, Matthew Breetzke holds the record for scoring the highest individual score in ODI debut. By scoring 150 runs in his ODI debut, he broke the record of West Indies' Desmond Haynes, who scored 148 runs in his ODI debut match played in 1978. Breetzke had established a very good identity in South African cricket even before his debut match.
Breetzke started playing for Grey High-School at the age of 14. At the age of 16, he was selected in the south africa Under-19 team and scored more than 1 thousand runs in his youth ODI career. After that, he wreaked havoc while playing for south africa in the 2018 Under-19 World Cup. He was the second-highest run-scorer for south africa in that tournament. He scored 203 runs in 6 matches in that World Cup.
Talking about IPL 2025, lucknow Super Giants had added him for Rs 57 lakh. If we look at Breetzke's t20 record, till now she has scored 2,783 runs in 112 matches, which also includes 19 half-century innings.
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