Hi Steemians,
We all have passion for one or the other thing in our life. Someone might feel happy to read books, someone may feel happy having a long ride, some other people might have a liking for sports like tennis, football or cricket.
If you are a cricket lover, I don't have to tell that AB de Villiers is treated like a god and he is rightly called as Mr. 360 of cricket because of his all-round performance whether as a batsman or as a fielder or even as a wicket keeper.
He plays almost all the shots which are there in cricket book.
As today is his 34th Birthday, I feel it's fair enough to write an article about him and convey my Birthday wishes to him!!
ABD as we call him shortly is a South African cricketer who is a regular member of South African test, ODI and T20 teams as a middle order batsman who is amazing as a fielder as well.
He has also played for domestic teams like Titans in South Africa, Royal Challengers(RCB) Bangalore in Indian Premier League (IPL), Barbados Tridents in Caribbean Premier league and previously played for another IPL team Delhi Daredevils.
ABD is someone who is known as one of the gentlemen and a big ambassador of cricket because of his simplicity, no sledging, humbleness and the value he brings to the cricket.
He not only have fans in his country South Africa, but is loved by cricket lovers all over the world. In IPL, he is more popular many of the Indian cricketers themselves.
So far, he has played 110 test matches for South Africa and has scored 8000+ runs at an healthy average of close to 50 with 21 centuries. He is more popular in the shorter formats especially in t20 cricket. He has scored 9500+ runs in ODI cricket from 227 matches he played with an average just below 54.
He is known for his innovative shots whether it's switch hit or unorthodox shots behind the wicket keeper and slips and thus called as Mr. 360.
Besides cricket ABD also plays rugby, tennis, golf whenever he is free.
He took over captaincy of South African ODI and T20I team in 2012 from Hashim Amla and was captain until 2017 when he has to step down due to elbow injury. He was captain of test team from 2015 to 2016 but again, he stepped down due to frequent injuries.
He was ICC ODI Player of the year on 3 different years(2010, 2015 and 2015)
Records owned by ABD
- Most Test innings without registering a duck (78)
- Second-highest individual score by a South African batsman(278 Not Out)
- In test cricket, he holds record for fastest 50 (16 balls), fastest 100 (31 balls) and fastest 150 (64 balls)
- Scored all his 25 ODI Centuries at strike rate greater than 100.
- Most test runs made by a batsman before being dismissed for a duck(2958)
- Most sixes (37) at the Cricket World Cup (tied with Chris Gayle)
- Second Fastest player to reach 9000 runs in ODIs (205 innings)
- Highest individual score made by a batsman in an ODI innings when batting at number 5 position as well as in a World Cup match.(162*)
He has entertained people all around the world whether it's in Indian Premier League or Caribbean Premier League or part of Titans, he always makes the spectators to be on their feet with his unorthodox shots and finding scoring opportunities all over the ground.
As a big fan of AB de Villiers, I would like wish him a Wonderful Birthday and wish him more health and less injuries to play for many more years to South African National team along with other teams around the world to entertain us as many years as possible.
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Information courtesy: wikipedia.org
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