Are RCB over-reliant on Kohli and de Viliers? Star RCB players Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers and Glenn Maxwell recently delivered ss COVID-19 awareness message on the official Twitter handle of Royal Challengers Bangalore. He came back with even more striking power than before and in January 2015 broke the record for the fastest ODI century, reaching it in just 31 balls against West Indies at the Wanderers. Known to be one of the best batsmen of his generation, de Villiers was born in Warmbad in South Africa. 3. He is the scorer of the fastest century in ODIs and has scored close to 20000 runs in international cricket. AB de Villiers gave Virat Kohli a four-point advice Virat Kohli didn't have the best of outings during the Test series against England in India. 13.8m Followers, 190 Following, 508 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from AB de Villiers (@abdevilliers17) Alphabetically sorted top ten of players who have played the most matches across formats in the last 12 months. However, he was overlooked in favour of Amla. The second time he came within touching distance of four figures in a Test calendar year was in 2013 when he scored 933 runs to ensure South Africa kept the Test mace they won in 2012. AB de Villiers news. “I think every franchise will run behind a player like AB de Villiers. That would become the story of his career. David Warner (135 innings) is the fastest while Virat Kohli (157) the second fastest. AB de Villiers believes the biggest challenge for all teams in this IPL will be adjusting to the hot and humid conditions in the UAE. 482,486; 10 Apr 17 AB de Villiers has already earned many admirers for his 360-degree batting range. AB de Villiers | Age: 37 yrs , Bat Style: Right Handed , Bowl Style: Right-arm medium | Cricket Player Profile - Get Player Bio, Recent Form, Batting and Bowling Career with Strike rate, Bowling Economy, Total Innings & Matches, Double Century, 100s/50s and 4s/6s ESPNcricinfo staff, de Villiers: 'I want to win games of cricket with my team no matter where I bat', Daniel Vettori: No. M10: RCB vs KKR – Safari Super Striker of the Match – AB de Villiers. PTI 09 April 2021 Tons of awesome AB de Villiers wallpapers to download for free. Before joining the RCB camp for IPL 2021, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers were involved in an interesting conversation on Twitter. IPL 2021: With the season set to begin on April 9, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers spent some quality time together in a cool photoshoot. AB de Villiers has emerged as one of South Africa's greats. The ageless South African star batsman AB de Villiers was at it again as he helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Mumbai Indians in the first game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season. He came in at 60/3 in the ninth over at the fall of the wicket of Glenn Maxwell and stayed unbeaten till the end. De Villiers has batted everywhere from No.1 to No.8 and performed well in most of those positions. The conversation ended with de Villiers throwing a challenge at Kohli. AB de Villiers was retained by RCB for INR 11 crore for the IPL 2021 season. A look back at the fastest 100 of all time across all formats (international and domestic) when AB de Villiers feasted on the beleaguered West Indies bowling. He topped that up with 174 at Leeds in South Africa's first series win in England since readmission and a 106* against Australia in Perth in the country's first series win in Australia post-readmission. 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