Ab De Villiers

Newly appointed Proteas' Twenty 20 and one-day international captain AB de Villiers and fast bowler Morne Morkel are leading the race to win South Africa's prestigious Cricketer of the Year award. ...  

Test Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander. KFC “So Good” Award: Vernon Philander, Richard Levi, Marchant de Lange. SA Cricketer of the Year: Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Hashim Amla, Morne Morkel, AB de Villiers.  

NEW DELHI: Tillakaratne Dilshan, the inventor of one of modern cricket's most remarkable stroke, the 'Dilscoop,' admires similar innovators of the game. His Bangalore teammate, AB de Villiers from South Africa is one such cricketer. Dilshan ...  

Kohli smacked two fours and two sixes in his 42 runs knock. Chasing 133, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost AB de Villiers and Mayank Agarwal in quick succession. Amit Mishra dismissed de Villiers, who was caught by JP Duminy at cover. Three balls later ...  

Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) top-order batsman, Cheteshwar Pujara, is all praise for his teammate and South African captain, AB de Villiers. Pujara feels that no other batsman can play the sort of shots De Villiers comes up with. RCB is not having ...  

Bangalore: RCB stand-in skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday heaped praise on AB de Villiers for his whirlwind 47 off 17 balls which helped them to beat Deccan Chargers by five wickets and keep their hopes alive of making it to the play-off in the fifth Indian ...  

Reverse sweep for four. Shot AB de Villiers. Single brings Mayank Agarwal on strike. Six over the extra cover fence. Single's traded. Agarwal goes across, Reddy bowls a slower delivery, trapped leg-before-wicket for 18. RCB 143/8. 39 needed from 18.  

De Villiers also credited young Mayank Agarwal for scoring quick 18 runs off just 6 balls, which according to him set the tone for the chase towards the end. "Some of the players around me played amazing knocks. Mayank, above all, pushed the button by ...  

Despite a good tour of the Caribbean where he scored 178 ... But I've learnt a lot the last seven years from an unbelievable captain," De Villiers, who has never captained a team at first-class level, said. "It's a big responsibility, but ...  

hoisting his 100th IPL sixer off Leg Spinner Amit Mishra. The ball soared out of the ground and landed in the car park as RCB advanced to 83 without loss after the 10th over. But, Gayle, who looked poised to explode, was out, bowled by Anand ...  

(AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Chasing 133, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost AB de Villiers and Mayank Agarwal in quick succession in their must-win IPL 5 match against Deccan Chargers. Amit Mishra dismissed de Villiers, who was caught by JP Duminy at cover.  

Bangalore, May 7: What is the secret behind South Africa batsman AB de Villiers' demolition of his compatriot Dale Steyn on Sunday night? Well, the batsman has revealed that he overhead a conversation between Steyn and his captain Kumar Sangakkara which ...  

van Wyk was never meant to be more than back-up for AB de Villiers in the World Cup squad, but ‘backing up’ proved to be a prophetic term as de Villiers’ lumbar strains kept him in the outfield (where he excels with a Jonty Rhodes-like flair anyway ...  

Heading into the last three overs, RCB needed 39 runs with two overs from Dale Steyn to come. With the match up for grabs, AB de Villiers decided to take control of proceedings, taking on his compatriot Dale Steyn, smashing 23 runs from the 18th over ...  

Bangalore, May 7: Is there anything that Abraham Benjamin de Villiers cannot do on a cricket field? Many posed this question after his brilliance on Sunday night. Super batsman, agile wicketkeeper, sprinter, leader, all rolled into one is De Villiers.