There are many certain players who perform so well that you can't help but fall in love ab de villiers is one such player the moment you start watching at you realize that there's something special going on it almost seems like ab is playing a completely different game he makes it look too easy now even if let's say you're not a fan of AB de Villiers you're still a fan of a b okay because that's just how it is everybody is an AB de Villiers fan so with that being said let's talk about ab and why he's just incredible okay.
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His International Cricket Debut
Ab Villiers Became South African Against India
His International Cricket Debut
Ab made his international cricket debut in 2004against England opening the batting alongside captain graham smith he scored28 runs in the first innings. And 14 runs in second innings so a pretty ordinary start but in the second match scored a crucial 52 runs from 95 balls helping south africa draw the test match yep even back then ab was carrying the whole team you know just.
AB de Villiers things right and in the fifth and final test match ab scored 92 runs in the first innings and109 runs in the second innings this result was very important for a cause apart from that 50 he scored in the second match his performance was just average so it was important for ab to finish the series on a high and that's exactly what he did now this trend of playing exceptionally well and at the same time playing average cricket was something that troubled ab for a while because people knew that this kid is talented they knew he had the potential yet it just wasn't coming maybe had a few decent years but nothing that makes you go but fortunately things were about to change in 2008 four years after his debut.
Ab Villiers Became Frist South African Against India
Huge Jump His Average
Which was a huge jump from his average in the previous years now coming to 2009it was kind of similar to 2008 but started to convert more of his 30s and40s into 50s which is obviously a good thing right but it was 2010 when a really stepped up his game in 2010 Ab de villiers scored a total of 2154 runs across all over three formats in average of65.27 with 800s 950s and a higher score of 278 not out against pakistan in fact he was the second Highest run scorer that year behind hashim amla.
And wow what a great year for hashim amla incredible stuff and zach callus as well2010 was a great year for the menin green no not that one not that one either for god's sake man we're talking about south africa sorry mate based on this performance ab was elected in the odi team of 2010 which means that he was amongst the best that year and he could have easily made the test team as well if not for a certain dude called hashim who is apparently having the time of his life okay
So 2011 was pretty good 2012 was great 2013 was great 2014 was great 2015 was also great i mean you get the point right the man was now in full charge and speaking of 2015 and i might need some water after this one AB de Villiers just went full berserk and i am talking absolute madman his score of 149against west indies in just 44 balls was one of the greatest things that i've ever seen it was insanity on that day.
Ab Villiers fastest 50-100
What's happening over there but probably has some serious issues with them i mean the man is ruining their lives anyway the point i'm making here's that ab always played the team game a great example of this which many people tend to bring up is the 33 runs he scored against australia to save the test match and south africa were 45 for four chasing430 to win with 120 overs remaining now at this stage it's game set match australia like south africa had no chance but then here comes the likes of five.
Duplicity jackie boy and even dale stayne who ended up saving the match so it's not all about the big hits it's about what the team needs this is the reason why people love ab because he always puts the team before himself now obviously this is not the only reason he's a magical batsman he's an outstanding fielder arguably one of the best he is an overall great guy and just so much more like the thing is when you love someone everything about themis fantastic and like i said before everybody loves everybody is an ab billiards fan and this was made very clear during the 2015world cup semi-finals when south africa lost in new zealand i mean full props to grant elliott for his batting but seeing and the others cry made us cry as well like it was heartbreaking for the south africans and as cricket fans we shared their pain because we don't want to see them like that especially not a hell i've seen comments from people who've said that they would rather have south africa win the world cup.
Than their own country like it's mostly indians but still people want to see ab de villiers lift the world cup even if it's at the expense of their own team that says quite a lot about the guy but unfortunately that's probably never gonna happen because ab announced his retirement from international cricket . he said that he was tired and that he wanted to give the opportunity for upcoming cricketers i mean that's fairlike you had your fun and now let the others have it that's very noble but given the state of the south african team in 2018 and the fact is that.
The world cup was just a year away this decision was kind a such look ab is not entitled to stay in the team he can leave whenever he wants but under those circumstances he could have stayed case ultimately south africa got trashed in the 2019 world cup and it's not like they had a bad team well i guess their bowling kind a sucked but more importantly they lacked a match winner like a band no one was good enough to replace ab anyway what's happened has happened.
Now Talk About The Good Stuff
AB de Villiers Batting Career
The big bash the cpl the bangladesh league some south african leagues i mean the man is in demand everywhere and rightfully so because this man can single-handedly win you the match he can carry the whole team and trust me he's done a lot of carrying like no wonder abe said that he was tired because he was done carrying the whole team like how many times do you expect the man to carry you rcb i'm talking to you let the man live at one point rcb was basically and so this is a big reason why AB de Villiers is so incredible because he can play and pull a victory out of anything no matter the situation of the game as long as AB de Villiers is on strike there is still hope there is still a chance of victory and as a fan this is the biggest comfort you can get knowing that you have a match winner in your team but more importantly knowing that you have and billiards on your team trust me it doesn't get much better than that anyway let's talk t20 numbers and this includes internationals domestic franchise like pretty much everything okay this is the overall t20 stats okay so ab played337 matches scoring 9368 runs at an average of 37.32with 40069 50s and a strike rate of 150 a 150 strike rate when you've played 330 odd matches is just crazy stuff.
Conclusuion
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FAQ
What is AB de Villiers wife name?
His name is Danielle de Villiers.