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NEW DELHI: South African superstar AB has announced his retirement from , four days after his franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore exited the 11th season of the lucrative Twenty20 league in which his exhilarating batting and pyrotechnics in the field have further endeared him to a legion of Indian fans. Seven weeks away is not easy and they will come out at some stage. Archived from on 26 March 2014.
His exploits in the limited-overs formats have been extraordinary, and he finishes as the number two ranked player in the world and as the second highest run-scorer behind Jacques Kallis with 9577 runs at an average of 53. We ask that your elements remain relevant to the articles they appear on and do not include general banter or conversation as this dilutes the effectiveness of the comments section. The 34-year-old bows out as South Africa's fourth most successful Test batsman with 8765 runs at 50. Retrieved 16 August 2013. De Villiers also met a tour to Australia in November, which South Africa won despite his and Dale Steyn's absence, under du Plessis. I will always be grateful to the coaches and staff of Cricket South Africa for their support through all these years.
But for now I am as committed as I can be and very hungry to make a success of these two Test matches. You may refuse to accept browser Cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. We use the following types of cookies: Persistent Cookies We use persistent cookies to improve your experience of using the sites. De Villiers played in the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka and away in New Zealand, but South Africa played Tests in New Zealand without him and won.
AB de Villiers retirement: Will ABD play in the Indian Premier League for RCB? - Here's the answer - The announcement came just a couple of days after Royal Challengers Bangalore, the franchise for which he plays for in IPL, failed to make it to playoffs stage. However, with defeats in the and England series, he stepped down from limited over captaincy as well.
Media playback is not supported on this device Why is AB de Villiers retiring from international cricket? The 34-year-old has played in 114 Test matches, 228 one-day internationals and 78 Twenty20 matches for the Proteas. He took time away from Test cricket in 2017, missing the series against England that summer, but returned to the red-ball side in December. De Villiers hit eight fours and 10 sixes during his record-breaking 149 against West Indies De Villiers made his international debut in the Test series against England in 2004 and played in a limited-overs match a year later. He scored 8,765 Test runs for South Africa and has a batting average of over 50 in both Test and ODI cricket. De Villiers' 22nd - and final - Test century came against Australia in March. A former Test captain, he holds the record for the fastest one-day century, reaching three figures in just 31 balls against West Indies in January 2015. He also holds the record for the fastest Test century by a South African, making 100 from 75 balls against India in 2011. AB de Villiers averaged 50. He's done some tremendous things in the game. What an inspiration, person and player he turned out to be. Thank you for everything you have done and been for your country, teammates and fans. But he's played for 14 years and played all formats and after a while all the miles get to you. We're going to miss him dearly.