AB de Villiers

Individual Information 

Born                         7 Feb 1984 
Birth Place              Pretoria
Nicknamede            VilliersHeight                      5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Role                          WK-Batsman
Batting Style            Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style           Right-arm medium

Batting Career Summary

Bowlling Career Summary

Profession Information 

Test debut:       Dec 17, 2004, versus England, St George's Park

ODI debut:      Feb 02, 2005, versus England, Mangaung Oval

T20 debut:        Feb 24, 2006, versus Australia, The Wanderers Stadium

IPL debut:       vs Chennai Super Kings, May 02, 2008, MA Chidambaram Stadium

Profile 

Conceived on February 17, 1984, Abraham Benjamin de Villiers has ascended from the positions to end up one of the world's best batsmen, over all arrangements. At the point when on tune, de Villiers can dismantle any knocking down some pins with his wide cluster of strokes on either side of the wicket. In the event that his drives, pulls and slices are satisfying to the eye, his capacity to advance has left bowlers hapless on numerous events. 

A gifted sportsman, de Villiers has exceeded expectations in cricket, as well as substantiated himself in different games, for example, golf, rugby and tennis. Cricket was his obsession however, and it soon ended up being his picked field for higher streets. De Villiers went through his developmental years with Nashua Titans, the Pretoria based establishment. 

His incomparable capacity got the attention of the selectors as he was optimized into the national squad at an early age of 20. He made his Test debut against England in Port Elizabeth and demonstrated his class with a fine thump of 52 in simply his fourth innings with the bat, sparing South Africa from what resembled a specific thrashing. He enrolled his first century amid the same arrangement, a fine 109 on his home ground in Centurion. 

Having played both as an opener and as a lower-request wicket-attendant batsman in his first Test arrangement, de Villiers was reserved for significance. He soon demonstrated his value by storing up 460 flees visit to the Caribbean Islands in 2005. A droop in structure guaranteed - de Villiers struggled for keeps running against Australia both at home and away - he needed to hold up until the home arrangement against West Indies in 2007-08 to again achieve the three-figure mark. In any case, he compensated for the lost time, beating a fine 217 against India in Ahmedabad, the primary South African player to hit a twofold ton against India. 

It was plain cruising later on for the flashy right-hander as he scored keeps running for no particular reason. It incorporated a magnificent 278 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in November 2010, quickly setting him at the highest point of the step for the most astounding individual score by a South African batsman. De Villiers soon developed in stature, getting to be one of the backbones of the South African group in their voyage to accomplish the No.1 Test positioning. 

An assaulting batsman, de Villiers demonstrated that he had it in him to play as per the benefits of the circumstance also. With South Africa attempting to spare the Adelaide Test against Australia amid the visit Down Under in 2012-13, de Villiers checked his regular senses, as he hindered his approach to 33 from 220 balls. In the following Test at the WACA, he demonstrated his other side, smacking 169 from only 184 balls as the guests heartlessly destroyed the hosts. 

De Villiers is additionally one of the best ever players to effortlessness the shorter configurations, where he is right now positioned as the No. 1 batsman. The vast majority of the ODI innings played by the expert batsman, would be brimming with trust it-or-not imaginative shots, be it the slope over the wicket-attendant, the brazen oars past short fine or the nervy opposite compasses and turn around pulls while confronting up to snappy bowlers. Irrefutably, with his capacity to move the field situations and his amazing hand-eye co-appointment, de Villiers has ended up being a standout amongst the most energizing batsmen over all configurations of the amusement. 

His thump of 278 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi, 2010 was the most noteworthy individual Test score by a South African batsman until Amla made 311 against England at The Oval in 2012. 

Taking after South Africa's way out from the 2011 World Cup, de Villiers was named as the chief of their ODI and T20I group in June 2011. Notwithstanding, he soon surrendered the T20I captaincy in mid 2013, as he was South Africa's primary batsman and in addition their first decision wicket-guardian. He however, captained the T20I side for two matches without Faf du Plessis in the 2014 World T20. He drove them since du Plessis was harmed for one amusement and was suspended in the other. He was instrumental in taking South Africa to the semi-last of the competition. 

He has additionally been a standout amongst the most looked for after players in the Indian Premier League. De Villiers has had spells with Delhi and is at present a part of the Bangalore set-up. 

Abdominal muscle de Villiers took 11 gets against Pakistan in Johannesburg in the 2012-13 season, equalling the record for most number of gets by a wicket-manager in a Test match. He imparts the record to previous England attendant, Jack Russell. He additionally scored an unbeaten 103 off 117 balls in South Africa's second innings. All the while, he turned into the main wicket-guardian to score a century and case 10 releases in a Test. 

On 18 March, amid the third ODI against Pakistan in Johannesburg, de Villiers and Hashim Amla shared a record for the most noteworthy third-wicket association of 238. De Villiers scored 12 fours and three sixes in his innings of 128. In December 2013, de Villiers turned into the ninth batsman in history to best the batting rankings in both Tests and ODIs. He likewise had a great three-match Test arrangement against Australia, where he completed as the second most noteworthy run-scorer. He kept on doing great in both Tests and ODIs and finished 2014 as the second most elevated run-getter for South Africa in both the organizations, behind Amla. 

On January 18, 2015, de Villiers crushed the West Indies bowlers to all sides of Johannesburg on the way to recording the quickest ever hundred in ODI history. He broke Corey Anderson's record, who accomplished the deed in 2014 in 36 balls. The South African took five balls less to score his hundred furthermore equalled Rohit Sharma's record for most number of sixes hit in an innings with 16 sixes, preceding being released for a 44-ball 149. 

Amid the 2015 World Cup, in the match against West Indies, de Villiers scored 162 keeps running off 66 balls driving South Africa to their second most astounding aggregate in world glass history (408) on the Sydney Cricket Ground. With this deed, he likewise turned into the record holder for the speediest 50, 100, and 150 in ODI history. He amassed 482 keeps running in the competition and was the third most noteworthy run-scorer.