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AB de Villiers

batsman

Born - February 17, 1984

About

AB de Villiers is perhaps the most gifted cricketer in international cricket. And he doesn't stop there! He's a natural athlete in rugby, tennis and golf besides being a talented singer who has released his own album. So we're lucky he chooses to enthral us with his cricket.

AB de Villiers can bat at any position in any situation, and is such a great fielder that you'd suspect he could make the point area waterproof. He can keep wickets too! You cannot ask more of a cricketer.

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers made his debut for South Africa in 2004. Despite the plethora of hard hitting, brilliant fielding talent that has emerged out of SA every now and then, he made the world take notice. de Villiers has since established himself in the first team for every format of the game, helping the team win Tests, ODIs and T20s everywhere they went and at home, helping them stay at or near the top of the ICC rankings tables.

After Graeme Smith relinquished his duties post the 2011 World Cup, de Villiers was appointed the Captain of the South African ODI team.

de Villiers played for the Delhi Daredevils in the first three seasons of the IPL, even scoring a ton against CSK in 2009 in South Africa, proving his reputation as a single-handed match winner.

RCB Highlights

RCB vs. KTK, Kochi, 2011
It was a chase gone wrong until AB de Villiers decided it wasn't. A chaseable total of 162 was getting out of reach with 11 required off each over with de Villiers losing partners at the other end. So he took matters into his own hands moving from 35 off 36 balls to 54 off 40 with three huge sixes. Contest over, a win by 6 wickets.

RCB vs. CSK, Chennai (League game), 2011
Lax fielding had helped CSK post a daunting total and the team wasn't doing too well on the slow, turning track against the wiles of R Ashwin. But de Villiers stepped in and revived the innings with Kohli. His big hitting earlier in the tournament against KTK kept the team's hopes and the match alive. After de Villers' dismissal in the 19th over for 65 off 44, it was all gone.

Statistics

Batting statistics

Type	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	BF	Avg	SR	100	50	6s	4s
ODI	109	105	15	4056	146	4509	45.06	89.95	9	24	68	387
Twe20	72	68	12	1599	105	1273	28.55	125.6	1	9	48	124
IPL 2011	16	13	4	312	65	243	34.66	128.39	0	2	14	21

Bowling statistics

Type	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	4W	5W	10W
ODI	109	12	22	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
Twe20	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IPL 2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0