Cricketer Abraham Benjamin de Villiers was born on February 17, 1984, and played for South Africa. During his 15 years of international career, AB De Villiers won three ICC ODI Player of the Year awards. At the end of 2019, he was also named one of the top five cricketers of the last ten years by Wisden. One of the finest cricket players in the sport's history. Although AB de Villiers started out as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the international games and has outperformed as an excellent batsman. He batted primarily in the middle of the order. De Villiers is renowned for a variety of unconventional strokes, particularly behind the wicketkeeper. He is regarded as one of the most creative and destructive batsmen of the modern period as well as one of the greatest of all time.
| Born: 17 February 1984 | Full Name: Abraham Benjamin de Villiers |
| Batting: Right-handed | Bowling: Right-arm medium |
| Height: 5 ft 10 in | Nationality: South African |
| Birth Place: Pretoria, South Africa | Role: Batsman, Wicket-keeper |
Dr.Abhraham B de Villiers is AB de Villiers' father. Abraham works as a Doctor. He pushed his son to prioritize sports when he was in school. Millie de Villiers, the mother of AB de Villiers, has helped her son along the way. Millie frequently attends AB's games in person at the stadium. AB de Villiers has two brothers. The oldest of them all is Jan de Villiers. Six years older than AB de Villiers, Wessels de Villiers has been a cricket fan. Danielle de Villiers is the wife of AB de Villiers. Danielle is a singer who began taking piano lessons when she was four years old. At the Taj Mahal, AB proposed to Danielle in a way that totally caught her off guard. The standard that AB de had set for the team's singles, according to Virat Kohli, was too high. In 2013, Danielle and AB were married. He has 3 kids 2 son and 1 daughter.
De Villiers has progressed through the ranks to be among the best and most versatile batsmen in the world across all formats. In his initial Test series, he batted both as an opener and a lower-order wicketkeeper/batsman, but he quickly established his value by scoring 460 runs during his first away tour to the Caribbean Islands in 2005.
His Test Debut was on 17th December 2004 where he played against England. His ODI debut was on 2nd February 2005 which was again against England. In the year 2006, his first appearance in T20 matches was seen on 24th Feb which was against Australia.
AB de Villiers, the only foreign player to play in every IPL season since it began, has officially ended his professional career. De Villiers has scaled mountains that very few people have even dared to dream about in a career that has seen it all. He retires as one of the best players in the brief history of the IPL.
De Villiers, one of just two foreign players to reach the mountain of 5000 runs, retires with the sixth-highest run total in the competition.
De Villiers recorded a poor score in the opening innings of the last Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground after only scoring 11 runs in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. However, De Villiers scored a patient half-century in the second innings of that Test as South Africa nearly managed to hold on for an unlikely draw.
De Villiers was appointed as the captain of South Africa's ODI and T20 teams in June, following their elimination from the 2011 World Cup. He quit leading the T20 team in early 2013 due to the strain and pressure, although he kept playing as South Africa's primary batsman and first-choice wicket-keeper.
On January 11, 2012, at Paarl, AB played in his maiden international game as captain, an ODI against Sri Lanka.
In 103 one-day internationals, he has led South Africa and has won 59 of them. The Proteas advanced to the semifinals of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup under his leadership.
· Fastest ODI century against West Indies (31 balls)
· Fastest 150 in ODI: 64 balls vs West Indies
· Fastest fifty vs West Indies in 16 ODI balls
· Awarded in 2010, 2014, and 2015, the ICC ODI Player of the Year Award
In May 2018, AB de Villiers announced his retirement from international cricket. Despite this, he kept competing in T20 leagues like the Indian Premier League. De Villiers did, however, declare his retirement from all aspects of the game in November 2021. In IPL 2022, he did not represent Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Since 2003, AB de Villiers has played for the Northerns in the South African First Class league. Before the selectors chose de Villiers to face the challenges of international Test matches, he had competed in 16 first-class matches.
| ODI | |
|---|---|
| Matches: 228 | Run Scored: 9,577 |
| Batting Average: 53.50 | Top Score: 176 |
| 200/100/50: 0/25/53 | Wickets: 7 |
| T20 | |
|---|---|
| Matches: 78 | Run Scored: 1,672 |
| Batting Average: 26.14 | Top Score: 79 |
| 200/100/50: 0/0/10 | Wickets: 0 |
| Test | |
|---|---|
| Matches: 114 | Runs Scored: 8,765 |
| Batting Average: 50.66 | Top Score: 26.14 |
| 200/100/50: 0/22/46 | Wickets: 2 |
Sachin Tendulkar of India fields during the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Group B match between India and the Netherlands at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on March 9, 2011 in Delhi, India.
Sachin Tendulkar of India raises his bat on scoring his century during the Group B ICC World Cup Cricket match between India and South Africa at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground on March 12, 2011 in Nagpur, India.
Sachin Tendulkar of India hits out watched by wicketkeeper Matt Prior of England during day five of the 4th npower Test Match between England and India at The Kia Oval on August 22, 2011 in London, England.
Sachin Tendulkar reach the iconic landmark of 100 international centuries against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup in 2012
Sachin's first Test century
Sachin Tendulkar’s dream to hold the World Cup in his hands and in 2011 it finally happened.
