Stories related to MS Dhoni never dry up. Ahead of the mini auction of IPL 2026, where there is a chance to see Dhoni with his gloves and bat-pads, some of the field secrets about him have just been revealed. South Africa's young batter Dewald Brevis, who is a cricketer for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as well, shared unheard information about the former India during his conversation with AB de Villiers.

Brevis came into the CSK squad as an injury replacement for Gurjapneet Singh. The signing of the young South African batter proved worthy for the Super Kings within a short time. Apart from a Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) match, Brevis proved his quality for the former IPL champion.In 6 matches for CSK, the 22-year-old hammered 13 fours and 17 sixes to garner 225 runs at a strike rate of 153. He also struck a couple of half centuries as well.

During this short time with CSK, he got the opportunity to closely monitor the legendary Indian figure. What Brevis said about Dhoni is out of pure respect. He said that it was Dhoni's humbleness that made him more special for the other cricketers in the team.

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"And I had to go through all of the journey, like it’s been beautiful, and the one thing that I can just say from MS [Dhoni] is his humbleness and who he is as a person that stood out for me. How he is basically off the field, the time he has for players, for people," Dewald Brevis said. 

Dhoni's room door is always open: Brevis 

Stories often came about from on-the-field moments of MS Dhoni. But Brevis shared an off-the-field memory with him. The emerging batter said that he went to Dhoni's room a few times to spend some casual time and observed what he did off the field. 

"His room door is always open. If he’s sleeping, that’s the only time it’s closed. And I found myself a few times in his room just sitting there with whatever he’s busy with, like chatting to him about his hobbies and watching cricket, and yeah, that’s just amazing, and just to see what he does like off the field—and like, everyone knows what he does on the field and at training—and yeah, it’s just very special," Brevis added.