Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a South African cricketer who currently captains the South African One Day International (ODI) team. He is also a former captain in T20I and Test cricket for South Africa. De Villiers is regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time[1] and a legend in the modern cricket world.[2]
De Villiers holds many batting records, including world's fastest 50, 100 and 150 in ODI cricket, the fastest Test century by a South African and the fastest T20I 50 by a South African. His match winning ability and lethal innings across all formats rated him as number one batsman in several occasions.
He made his international debut in a Test match against England in 2004 and first played an ODI in early 2005. His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006. As of 2016, he has passed 8,000 runs in both Test and ODI cricket and has a batting average of over fifty in both forms of the game.
Though he began his career as a wicketkeeper-batsman, but later played most often purely as a batsman. He has batted at various positions up and down the order. Noted as an innovative batsman in modern game, AB De Villiers is noted for many unorthodox strokeplays behind the wicketkeeper and slips. He is considered to be the most explosive batsman of all time. He has the record of the fastest ODI score of 100 and 150.
De Villiers holds many batting records, including world's fastest 50, 100 and 150 in ODI cricket, the fastest Test century by a South African and the fastest T20I 50 by a South African. His match winning ability and lethal innings across all formats rated him as number one batsman in several occasions.
He made his international debut in a Test match against England in 2004 and first played an ODI in early 2005. His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006. As of 2016, he has passed 8,000 runs in both Test and ODI cricket and has a batting average of over fifty in both forms of the game.
Though he began his career as a wicketkeeper-batsman, but later played most often purely as a batsman. He has batted at various positions up and down the order. Noted as an innovative batsman in modern game, AB De Villiers is noted for many unorthodox strokeplays behind the wicketkeeper and slips. He is considered to be the most explosive batsman of all time. He has the record of the fastest ODI score of 100 and 150.
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