AB de Villiers has been consistently proving that age is just a number for him and he recently gave the testimony of the same when he played a superlative knock against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2020 on Monday night. He was seen smashing the KKR bowlers all-over the park in Sharjah, powering Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a match-winning total of 194 for 2 in 20 overs.

For a long, there has been a word from a lot of people from the cricketing fraternity urging De Villiers to come out of retirement, and current Indian head coach Ravi Shastri drummed up that beat once again, saying “the game in these trying times or otherwise needs you back in the international arena”.

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Tweeting about the same on Tuesday, Shastri wrote; “Now, that the penny has dropped. What one saw last night was unreal. And the feeling is the same waking up. @ABdeVilliers17, the game in these trying times or otherwise needs you back in the international arena and out of retirement. The game will be better off”.

Now, that the penny has dropped. What one saw last night was unreal. And the feeling is the same waking up. @ABdeVilliers17, the game in these trying times or otherwise needs you back in the international arena and out of retirement. The game will be better off #RCBvKKR #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/s9BG6MxiCv

— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) October 13, 2020

The South African made a shocking announcement of his retirement from international cricket in May 2018. However, he is still fit as a fiddle and striking the ball as long as anyone can in international cricket. 

His brilliance with the bat was once again on show on Monday. De Villiers played an unbeaten knock of 73 off just 33 balls with the help of five fours and six sixes. In reply, KKR could only manage 112 for nine in their 20 overs, further proving De Villiers’ superhuman abilities.

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In IPL 2020 so far, AB De Villiers has scored 228 runs from seven games in IPL 2020, averaging 57 and a strike rate of 185.36 — better than anyone in the top 20 of the ‘most runs’ scored list this year.