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Jonty Rhodes Reveals The Greatest Fielder Of All-time
By CricShots - May 30, 2020 2:44 pm
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Former South African stalwart, Jonty Rhodes reckons that AB de Villiers is the greatest fielder of all time in his opinion. During an Instagram Live session with former Zimbabwe fast bowler Pommie Mbangwa, Rhodes expressed that when he was asked to name the greatest fielder of all time.

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AB de Villiers

Konty explained, “The greatest fielder of time? AB de Villiers. He is a wicket-keeper, he is at slip, he fields at mid-off, long-on, the guy is the greatest of all time. Andrew Symonds was the first guy I saw who could field at every position. He could field at the boundary as he had a strong arm. For a big unit like Symonds to dive at full length, it took a good amount of effort.”

Further explaining his point of view, Rhodes said that AB de Villiers reads the game very well.

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Talking about other players, Rhodes said, “I have loved Suresh Raina, but the best fielder I have seen since Jonty Rhodes has to be AB de Villiers, he just moves so well, I think someone like Ben Stokes is at all the hotspots, AB de Villiers reads the game as well, and he is a batsman so that helps him in reading the game, from my perspective, De Villiers has to be the best fielder.”

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Jonty Rhodes during road safety series

Rhodes has often been termed viewed as the greatest fielder in the world and during his playing days, the former South African cricketer made the backward-point position his own. During the Road Safety World Series earlier this year, Jonty was part of the South Africa Legends team and decidedly he was the best fielder during the series. 

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During the series, Jonty could’ve been seen flying around and showing some remarkable sense of fielding. On the other hand, the 35-year-old De Villiers had announced his retirement from international cricket on May 23, 2018.