The former South African cricketer AB de Villiers has often been considered as one of the legends of the game. Owing to his powerful stroke play and attacking game, he is widely renowned as one of the best batters in the history of the sport. He bid adieu to all forms of the game last year and the entire cricketing fraternity and fans were all frenzy by the fact that they can no more see Mr.360 on the field.
AB De Villiers though is quite unsure what his near future holds but he believes that he can play a huge role for South African cricket in the coming days. Explaining the same during a chat with Sunday Times, he said, “I still believe that I have a role to play in SA cricket and also over there in the IPL with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). I have no idea what will come next but I will take it one day at a time and see.”
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He further added, “I have been looking after and mentoring some youngsters with potential and ability for the last few years.No one knows about it and hopefully, I can look back one day in the future knowing that I have made a big difference in the lives of a few players. That is my focus for now and I don’t know if it’s going to be professional or on a casual basis, but we will see where we go with that.”
The former Proteas skipper further talked about the challenges of playing the game amidst the ongoing pandemic. He stated that all of these factors affected his game and he wasn’t enjoying his game. According to him, these were the signs that made him take the decision to retire.
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Eplxaining the same, AB de Villiers said, “I found myself on the park where scoring runs and doing well for the team didn’t really match with everything that goes with it anymore and that’s where the balance started leading towards hanging my gloves up. I have never been the guy who is going to push every single bit of energy of my ability and my cricketing skill, I have always played for the enjoyment of the game. I knew it was time for me to move on.”
