ordinarily known as AB (conceived 17 February 1984), is a South African worldwide cricketer, who plays for Titans in South African household cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He has been evaluated as the main batsman in Tests and ODIs on a few occasions.Often viewed as a standout amongst other batsmen of his age and furthermore viewed as one of the best of all time,[3] De Villiers holds numerous batting records, including the world's quickest ODI 50, 100 and 150, the speediest Test century by a South African and the quickest T20I 50 by a South African. Abdominal muscle de Villiers is additionally among one of the marquee players in T20 Global League
Individual data
Full name Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
Born 17 February 1984 (age 33)
Warmbad, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Nickname ABD, Mr.360, Abbas
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting Right-gave
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Batsman, wicket-guardian
Global data
National side
South Africa (2004– present)
Test make a big appearance (top 298) 17 December 2004 v England
Last Test 24 January 2018 v India
ODI make a big appearance (top 78) 2 February 2005 v England
Last ODI 22 October 2017 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 17
T20I debut 24 February 2006 v Australia
Last T20I 29 October 2017 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no. 17
Residential group data
Years Team
2003– present Northerns
2004– present Titans (squad no. 17)
2008– 2010 Delhi Daredevils
2011– present Royal Challengers Bangalore
2016 Barbados Tridents
Vocation measurements
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 110 225 76 132
Runs scored 8338 9515 1603 9961
Batting average 49.93 54.06 25.85 49.80
100s/50s 21/42 25/53 0/10 24/53
Top score 278* 176 79* 278*
Balls bowled 204 192 0 234
Wickets 2 7 2
Knocking down some pins average 52.00 28.85 0 69.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a – n/a
Best bowling 2/49 2/15 2/49
Gets/stumpings 207/5 173/5 63/7
