AB de Villiers

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AB de Villiers

Personal information:

Full name Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
Born 17 February 1984 (age 35)

Nickname Mr.360, ABD
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Batsman, wicket-keeper

International information

National side
South Africa (2004–2018)
Test debut (cap 296) 17 December 2004 v England
Last Test 30 March 2018 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 78) 2 February 2005 v England
Last ODI 16 February 2018 v India
ODI shirt no. 17
T20I debut (cap 20) 24 February 2006 v Australia
Last T20I 29 October 2017 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no. 17

Domestic team information

Years Team
2003/04 Northerns
2004/05–2017/18 Titans
2008–2010 Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 17)
2011–present Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 17)
2016 Barbados Tridents (squad no. 17)
2018 Tshwane Spartans (squad no. 17)
2019 Rangpur Riders (squad no. 17)
2019 Lahore Qalandars (squad no. 17)
2019 Middlesex (squad no. 17)
2019/20 Brisbane Heat (squad no. 17)

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 114 228 78 141
Runs scored 8,765 9,577 1,672 10,689
Batting average 50.66 53.50 26.12 49.71
100s/50s 22/46 25/53 0/10 25/60
Top score 278* 176 79* 278*
Balls bowled 204 192 – 234
Wickets 2 7 – 2
Bowling average 52.00 28.85 – 69.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 – 0
Best bowling 2/22 2/15 – 2/49
Catches/stumpings 222/5 176/5 65/7 275/6

About Himself:

2009 in his training spot

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984), commonly known as AB de Villiers, Mr. 360° or simply AB, is a South African cricketer. He is considered as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He plays for Tshwane Spartans in Mzansi Super League and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. In limited overs cricket he is an attacking batsman. He was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career. His name was also featured in Wisden Cricketers of the Decade at the end of 2019.

De Villiers began his international career as a wicket-keeper-batsman, but he has played most often solely as a batsman. He batted at various positions in the batting order, but predominantly in the middle-order. Noted as one of the most innovative and destructive batsmen in the modern era, De Villiers is known for a range of unorthodox shots, particularly behind the wicket-keeper.

He made his international debut in a Test match against England in 2004 and first played a One Day International in early 2005. His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006. He scored over 8,000 runs in both Test and ODI cricket and is one of the very few batsmen to have a batting average of over fifty in both forms of the game. He holds the record for the fastest ODI century in just 31 balls. He also records the fastest ODI 50 and 150.

De Villiers captained South Africa in all three formats, although after a series of injuries he stepped down from the Test captaincy. In 2017 he stepped down from captaining the national limited-overs teams and in May 2018 announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. However, in January 2020 De Villiers expressed his intention to make an international comeback and play for South Africa in the 2020 T20 World Cup.

His Personal life:

De Villiers proposed to his girlfriend, Danielle Swart, at the Taj Mahal in 2012, after five years of dating.The couple got married in March 2013, in Bela-Bela, South Africa. They have two sons.

He is a devout Christian and has stated that his faith is crucial to his approach to life.He is also an accomplished guitar player and a singer. In 2010, he released a bilingual pop album entitled Maak Jou Drome Waar with his friend and South African singer Ampie du Preez.