AB de Villers on the conversation with Harsha Bhogle via Cricket Conservations with Cricbuzz
AB de Villers made his debut back in 2004 vs England. He played his last international game in 2018 vs India. AB de Villers is one of the best players in Cricket History. He can able to easily switch his mindset from the T20 game to Test Cricket. He is known as a 360° batsman. Look at the stats of AB de Villers.
Apart from International Cricket, AB de Villers participates in T20 leagues all over World. He represented teams like Barbados Tridents, Botha XI, Brisbane Heat, Delhi Daredevils, Lahore Qalandars, Middlesex, North Eastern Transvaal, Northerns, Rangpur Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Titans, Tshwane Spartans.
He added this Lockdown must refresh Virat and reset his boundaries and he expecting Virat to do bigger things in the next 3-5 years.
ON WINNING IPL TROPHY
Royal Challengers Banglore entered 3 times into Finals in 2009(vs Deccan Chargers), 2011(vs CSK), and 2016(vs SRH). They didn't win the IPL trophy to date.
RCB depends a lot on Virat and ABD and if they didn't perform well in one of the games, the game plan changes suddenly and it feels difficult for other players to perform better.
STATS
AB de Villers scored all his 25 international ODI hundreds at the strike rate of 100+.
He said sometimes he even surprised by his knocks more than anyone else. He feels stats didn't change the situation of the game and I'm not a big number game and play according to the situation.
ABOUT STEYN
Dale Steyn and AB de Villers made their first-class debut together and Test cricket debut together.
"When I get into that kind of mood and I see the ball that well, it doesn't matter which bowler it is"
ABOUT 2015 WC CAMPAIGN
The next 12 months were really tough for me. Maybe I should've been more honest about it when I look back and communicated about it. I felt like I was a little bit alone at the time but it's silly to say that you're alone if you don't seek help if you don't talk about it.
If I could have it over again, I would probably open up discussions with the coach, administrators and discuss my way forward. I should've shared my emotions with them and things that bothered me. I didn't.
He said they were proud of the way they played the 2015 Tournament and it was very close to winning the Tournament.
South Africa lost to New Zealand in the Semi-Finals of ICC 2015 World Cup. This was really one of the sad moments of Cricket South Africa.
AB de Villers made his debut back in 2004 vs England. He played his last international game in 2018 vs India. AB de Villers is one of the best players in Cricket History. He can able to easily switch his mindset from the T20 game to Test Cricket. He is known as a 360° batsman. Look at the stats of AB de Villers.
| Test | ODI | T20 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 114 | 228 | 78 |
| Runs | 8765 | 9577 | 1672 |
| Average | 50.66 | 53.50 | 26.12 |
| Strike Rate | 54.51 | 101.09 | 135.16 |
| 100/50 | 22/46 | 25/53 | 0/10 |
| HS | 278* | 176 | 79* |
| Wickets | 2 | 7 | - |
Apart from International Cricket, AB de Villers participates in T20 leagues all over World. He represented teams like Barbados Tridents, Botha XI, Brisbane Heat, Delhi Daredevils, Lahore Qalandars, Middlesex, North Eastern Transvaal, Northerns, Rangpur Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Titans, Tshwane Spartans.
Out of all teams, He gained a lot of support and fans from Royal Challengers Banglore.
Highlights
IPL XI
During the Conversation, AB de Villers picks his all-time IPL XI. Coming to Squad.
1)Virender Sehwag
2)Rohit Sharma
3)Virat Kohli
4)Ab de Villers
5)Ben Stokes
6)Mahendra Singh Dhoni(C)(WK)
7)Ravindra Jadeja
8)Rashid Khan
9)Bhuvaneswar Kumar
10)Kagiso Rabada
11)Jasprit Bumrah
There are many surprises in the squad. It consists of the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and M.S.Dhoni who are the most successful players and captain of their respective teams.
It may surprise you as many big names are missing like Suresh Raina, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, David Warner, Chris Gayle, Rishabh Pant. It looks like he added the International performances to consider the IPL XI.
As compared to Ben Stokes, there are many experienced allrounders in IPL such as Bravo, Russell, and Pollard.
KOHLI - AB de VILLERS PARTNERSHIPS
Virat Kohli and AB de Villers are the only players who made a partnership of 200+ in T20 Cricket.
In IPL 2016 vs Gujarat Lions. Both added a partnership of 229 runs at Banglore. In the game, Virat(109) and ABD(129*) scored Centuries.
In IPL 2015 vs Mumbai Indians, they added a partnership of 215 runs.
In both Instances, ABD scored the Century.
They also added nine-century partnerships and scored 2850 runs together at an average of 43.85 in 68 innings.
He differentiated Virat from him in the aspect of scoring runs
Highlights
- IPL XI
- KOHLI - AB de VILLERS PARTNERSHIPS
- ON WINNING IPL TROPHY
- STATS
- ABOUT STEYN
- ABOUT 2015 WC CAMPAIGN
IPL XI
During the Conversation, AB de Villers picks his all-time IPL XI. Coming to Squad.
1)Virender Sehwag
2)Rohit Sharma
3)Virat Kohli
4)Ab de Villers
5)Ben Stokes
6)Mahendra Singh Dhoni(C)(WK)
7)Ravindra Jadeja
8)Rashid Khan
9)Bhuvaneswar Kumar
10)Kagiso Rabada
11)Jasprit Bumrah
There are many surprises in the squad. It consists of the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and M.S.Dhoni who are the most successful players and captain of their respective teams.
It may surprise you as many big names are missing like Suresh Raina, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, David Warner, Chris Gayle, Rishabh Pant. It looks like he added the International performances to consider the IPL XI.
As compared to Ben Stokes, there are many experienced allrounders in IPL such as Bravo, Russell, and Pollard.
KOHLI - AB de VILLERS PARTNERSHIPS
Virat Kohli and AB de Villers are the only players who made a partnership of 200+ in T20 Cricket.
In IPL 2016 vs Gujarat Lions. Both added a partnership of 229 runs at Banglore. In the game, Virat(109) and ABD(129*) scored Centuries.
In IPL 2015 vs Mumbai Indians, they added a partnership of 215 runs.
In both Instances, ABD scored the Century.
They also added nine-century partnerships and scored 2850 runs together at an average of 43.85 in 68 innings.
He differentiated Virat from him in the aspect of scoring runs
Virat looks Hungry for runs every Single day he wakes up - AB de Villers
I've had the hunger to score runs every single day for most parts of my career but it's not easy as you do get tired
He added this Lockdown must refresh Virat and reset his boundaries and he expecting Virat to do bigger things in the next 3-5 years.
ON WINNING IPL TROPHY
I know how much Virat wants to win the IPL and I am right in it with him but I also know how difficult it is to win the trophy
Royal Challengers Banglore entered 3 times into Finals in 2009(vs Deccan Chargers), 2011(vs CSK), and 2016(vs SRH). They didn't win the IPL trophy to date.
RCB depends a lot on Virat and ABD and if they didn't perform well in one of the games, the game plan changes suddenly and it feels difficult for other players to perform better.
STATS
AB de Villers scored all his 25 international ODI hundreds at the strike rate of 100+.
He said sometimes he even surprised by his knocks more than anyone else. He feels stats didn't change the situation of the game and I'm not a big number game and play according to the situation.
ABOUT STEYN
Dale Steyn and AB de Villers made their first-class debut together and Test cricket debut together.
Dale Steyn is the best bowler I have seen. Watching him run in, there is definitely a sense of fear.When Steyn plays for DC and ABD for RCB, when 39 required off 3 overs. ABD scored 23 in one over and when 28 to get from 2 overs, he scored 24 from one over.
"When I get into that kind of mood and I see the ball that well, it doesn't matter which bowler it is"
ABOUT 2015 WC CAMPAIGN
The next 12 months were really tough for me. Maybe I should've been more honest about it when I look back and communicated about it. I felt like I was a little bit alone at the time but it's silly to say that you're alone if you don't seek help if you don't talk about it.
If I could have it over again, I would probably open up discussions with the coach, administrators and discuss my way forward. I should've shared my emotions with them and things that bothered me. I didn't.
He said they were proud of the way they played the 2015 Tournament and it was very close to winning the Tournament.
South Africa lost to New Zealand in the Semi-Finals of ICC 2015 World Cup. This was really one of the sad moments of Cricket South Africa.
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