South African batting stalwart AB de Villiers, who is often referred as Mr. 360, revealed that in order to give a huge surprise when he proposed to his wife Danielle de Villiers at the Taj Mahal, he had to lie to her as he asked photographers and videographers to follow them at one of the seven wonders of the world.

During a web series talk show hosted by Vikram Sathaye, De Villiers revealed the complete episode of his marriage proposal. He said, “About a couple of months leading up to the IPL, I was obviously planning, got the ring and all that, and I decided to do it there. And once I got to the IPL, I got “security guards”, who were actually photographers and videographers to film the whole thing. But I told Danielle that I have to travel with security guards, so that’s why they got to go with us at the Taj Mahal. And it ended up to be a great surprise and I got it all on camera.”

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AB got hitched with Danielle in 2013, and the couple now has two children. He further added, “That has been a very special time in my life. I surprised Danielle completely. She didn’t know a thing about it, and I could not have done it at a more special place than that. I remember what Virat told me when I got back. He’s like ‘you’re raising the bar way too high for us.’ But I think he did a pretty good job now with Anushka Sharma.”

On the show, AB was accompanied by his childhood hero and the legendary South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes.

Talking about his admiration for the legendary fielder, ABD said, “I always wanted to be like him, and I had a green Jonty cap with Jonty written in yellow on it. I bought it at the first Test that I ever watched live at the Supersport Park. He is a good man as well, not only a good teacher.”

Here is the complete video of the interview: