AB De Villiers: The unique aspect of international cricket

July 17, 2022 | Bandana Adhikari 5.1K Reads

Bandana Adhikari

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Bandana Adhikari

||Om Namha Shivaya|| Sports Freak (Cricket, Football & Tennis)|| IT Personnel|| ||Data Analyst|| ||A enthusiastic Learner who loves Tea, Rain, Music, Books & Travel||

AB de Villiers is well-liked practically everywhere in the world. He may be playing for the team you oppose, yet you secretly root for him to succeed. Even though a good day for De Villiers typically results in the bowling attack of the team you support being beaten into submission, you will secretly hope that he unleashes his magic with the willow.

The Indian fan is renowned for their intense love for cricket. Indians adore their cricketing idols, hence it can be difficult for an international player to win over Indian supporters. The Bangalore audience, however, greeted a South African batsman as if he were one of their own when stepped out to bat in his 100th Test match.

And how can one forget the chants of AB, AB when he walked to bat against India and the Indian crowd was rooting for him, even though he was tearing their team's bowling line up. Bangalore and the people of Bangalore have owned AB De Villiers with open arms.

What makes him Unique Aspect? 

AB De Villers -  special breed of a batsman

Typically, a batsman's statistics are examined while assessing how excellent he is. And indeed, de Villiers produced astounding figures. Hold on to the numbers, We are discussing a phenomenon. More than his numbers, de Villiers was an exceptional batsman.

How often do you see the batter hitting outside off stump delivery to the fine leg? But this Genius can, De Villiers casually flicks the ball over fine leg after hopping to the offside position. If that was fine, the leg side boundary fielders were ready for Batsman to hit the ball in their direction when the batter was bowled on the leg stump. What does the master do afterwards, though? He approaches the leg stump and throws the ball over the cover.

"It doesn't matter where you bowl, De Villiers may play around with the field as if to tell the bowler.I  can smash you whichever part of the ground I want".

The genius AB de Villiers is best known for his versatility.

ABD has the capacity to transform seamlessly into the tender master while also acting as the vicious beast.

AB De Villiers tore the west indies bowling line up to register the fastest 50,100 and 150 but now let's see another side of him, 

"Australia and South Africa are engaged in a Test match that is in peril. To win, the Proteas must score 430 runs, which means they will need to bat for over two days. The master then stands up for his position".

33 runs are scored by AB de Villiers while he faced 220 balls. This indicates that De Villiers used an incredible 36.4 overs while scoring 33 runs. As the Proteas played out 148 overs to earn a memorable draw, his tireless work at the wicket helped South Africa fend off Australia's surge.

If de Villiers has the capacity to go brisk, he may also do the opposite and suppress his natural inclinations. And de Villiers' genius was characterized by his variety.

He can play a fancy-looking unorthodox shots like no one but he also a masters of proper textbook shots.

A phenomenon in a separate league: AB de Villiers

Sachin Tendulkar carried India for more than decades, Dhoni is regarded as ice cool. Similarly, he is an inimitable phenomenon who established himself in the cricket world by playing a distinct style of the game.

And an era has come to an end with de Villiers' final shot in the game on November 19, 2021 in RCB Colors.  And for a great many fans, it will always hold a particular place in their hearts.

Thank You AB for making our cricket vieweing experince beautiful.

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