AB de Villiers was a phenomenon that has completely changed the manner cricketers went in their tasks as a batsman, wicketkeeper, or even a fielder. With superhuman abilities, he has altered the cricketing field. From the iconic paddle sweeps into an incoming 150 clicks shipping to jumping to the fence to grab one-hand stunners, ABD's career can't be summed up in a paragraph , He is among those few batsmen in cricket's history whose aura traversed bounds and was loved equally by all.

AB de Villiers has been part of the Northerns from the South African First Class arena as 2003. He plays for the Titans Multiply at the Sunfoil Series, Momentum One Day match, also Ram Slam T20 Challenge since 2004.

De Villiers just played 16 first-class matches until the selectors picked him to the rigors of global Test matches.

From the IPL, he played with the first three seasons for the Delhi Daredevils. ABD will be donning the RCB jersey at the 13th edition of IPL, being organized in Dubai this time around due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In 154 IPL matches, he has scored 4395 runs at a mean of both 39.95 and a hit rate of 151.23. It includes 33 half-centuries and three centuries. His greatest score of 133 runs came from Mumbai Indians in 2015.

After impressing the selectors throughout his brief stint at the first-class arena, AB de Villiers was drafted into the significant league to play Test cricket.

He also registered his first Test century at the show - a fluent 109 on his home ground in Centurion. In an issue of only series, ABD had shown that he belonged to the degree.

Following a short slump in form in 2006 and 2007, de Villiers' returned in 2008 with a blistering 103 off 109 balls in Durban against West Indies.

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