LONDON: England skipper Joe Root said A.B. de Villiers had done 'outlandish things' after the South Africa incredible shocked the cricket world by reporting his universal retirement on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Root is currently among the world's driving batsmen however there are worries that the weight of captaining England in Tests partnered to his longing to play ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals mean the Yorkshireman is risking wear out.
Be that as it may, Root, talking at Lord's in front of the principal Test against Pakistan, stated: "I think it is altogether different. On the off chance that you take a gander at somebody like A.B., he has had a superb profession, done stunning things in the amusement crosswise over three organizations and he has been an incredible hireling to South Africa.
"Be that as it may, he has been doing it for 12, 14 years, quite a while, and by all accounts that is a long vocation.