Abraham Benjamin de Villiers! The name itself is enough to give all chills and thrills to the fans and the oppositions alike. On Monday, against Kolkata at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the Indian T20 League, the former South African international went all guns blazing to take his side out of the blushes, scoring a 33-ball 73; an innings that included five boundaries and six sixes.
De Villiers walked after Bangalore lost Aaron Finch in the 13th over with the scoreboard reading 94/2. Taking on the bowlers, he did take his time, but once set, he hit the bowlers all around the park. Scoring a majority of runs at long-on (19), the South African reached his half-century in just 23 balls.
The 36-year-old, alongside Virat Kohli, played a 100-run stand and in the midst, completed 3,000 runs with the Bangalore captain. His innings was rightly applauded by the fans, and the former players alike, and this is how they are reacting to his blistering knock:
ABsolutely Devilliers. #RCBvsKKR
— Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) October 12, 2020
Genius. Find me another word for @ABdeVilliers17. This one will do for now! Genius.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 12, 2020
#ABDevilliers special tonight,that will be the difference at the end?? #rcbvskkr
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) October 12, 2020
And mr 360 !!!lights up the Sharjah stadium ! On his day it’s a different ball game ! Amazing to watch @ABdeVilliers17 . If @imVkohli starts going we can see 190 200 on board ! Game on !!! #RCBvKKR #IPL2020
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) October 12, 2020
He is in different leauge AB Devilier @ABdeVilliers17 .. #legend @RCBTweets vs @KKRiders @IPL
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 12, 2020
AB de Villiers you absolute freaaaaak #IPL2020 #RCBvsKKR mr 360!!!
— Yannick Bolasie (@YannickBolasie) October 12, 2020
Call me rude or whatever, but if you have ever disliked AB de Villiers, you don't deserve to live in this planet. ❤️❤️
— Anwesha Maity (@ianwesha1527) October 12, 2020
This child got the ball that ABD hit for a six out of the stadium.. #ABDevilliers #KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/fkgIw2hfGB
— बापू मेरा किसान है (@MandoliyaSunil) October 12, 2020
AB de Villiers is not human #IPL2020
— larry kwirirayi (@kwirirayi) October 12, 2020
"Thank you god for creating de Villiers. That was absolutely insane." #ABDevilliers #KKRvsRCB
— MohaMmed AFwan (@afwanlefthander) October 12, 2020
AB Devilliers in #IPL2020:
51(30) vs SRH
55*(24) vs MI
73*(33) vs KKRThis happened between 7 matches & this guy retired from International cricket in 2018. He is from different planet.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 12, 2020
Feature image courtesy: Twitter / @IndianT20League
