Former South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers has recently expressed his desire to play for the country after announcing his retirement from international cricket three years ago. While he has been in prolific form in the ongoing 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Jamaican sprinter and Olympic medallist Yohan Blake also backed the swashbuckling batsman to come out from his retirement and he also added that South Africa cricket need him as well.
Blake wrote: “Wow de Villiers is on a different level. South Africa, come on you need this man.” Meanwhile, AB de Villiers announced his retirement back in 2018 saying workload pressure but he has continued featuring in franchise cricket all over the world.
On Sunday afternoon, AB de Villiers smashed 76 runs from 34 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to post a huge total of 204 in their allotted 20 overs. Meanwhile, Blake’s tweet soon went viral and fans have started commenting on this as well.
Because t20 world Cup in india and i think this is good thinking
— Pandit 🚩🚩 RCB ABD 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (@Pandit16906385) April 18, 2021
Yes. Its 100% true.
— khasim syed (@khasims21775869) April 18, 2021
Yo yohan u r absolutely correct. Can't imagine he hasn't played professional cricket for 5 months.. 👽 De Villiers
— Jatin Tripathi (@jatintripathi12) April 19, 2021
In the post-match conversation, when he was asked about his return, he said that it will be “fantastic” to play for South Africa once again. “It will be fantastic to play for South Africa again, I will be speaking with Boucher late end of IPL – last year, he asked me whether I am interested and I said ‘absolutely’,” AB de Villiers told in the post-match press conference.
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“I had a lot of fun out there. It helped with Maxi playing well upfront and it made it really easy and gave the guys confidence that it’s not unplayable. It’s difficult when you come into games like these where the wicket tends to be a bit slow, you gotta break the shackles individually which some of our players did tonight,” he again shared.
“It was definitely a better wicket, probably not a 200 wicket. I surprise myself sometimes and you just gotta go out there and give out your best the most important thing is I enjoy myself and I love playing for this team,” AB de Villiers concluded.
