AB de Villiers, who famous for his 360-degree batting skills, is one of the most entertaining, reliable, dangerous and respected batsmen in the current cricket world. On this day in 1984, the veteran cricketer was born and today he becomes 34-year old.
Former South African skipper AB de Villiers is a world class talented player. Due to having a rare ability to play every kind of shots in cricket history, the right-handed batsman is famously known in the cricket world as a Mr.360. Not only as a batsman, he is also top class as a fielder or as a wicket-keeper.
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The cricket world always praises on AB de Villiers’ cricketing efforts and his sportsmanship.
Present Indian captain and IPL team-mate (in Royal Challengers Bangalore) Virat Kohli mentioned, “AB de Villiers is the best batsman in the world by far. He shows it again and again.”
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On the other hand, former English skipper Michael Vaughan had defined AB de Villiers as a definition of a cricketing genius.
Look at the some of his records in world cricket, which he is currently holding
- Most Test innings before first duck (78 innings)
- Most Test runs before first duck (2,958 runs)
- Joint most consecutive Test match half-century (12 Test matches)
- Joint most catches taken as a wicket-keeper in a Test match (11 catches)
- Joint most dismissals made as a wicket-keeper in a Test match (11 dismissals)
- Fastest ODI half-century (in 16 balls)
- Fastest ODI century (in 31 balls)
- Fastest ODI 150 knock (in 64 balls)
- Quickest (in terms of playing no.of balls) to reach 9,000 ODI runs (in 9005 balls)
- Joint most no.of sixes in an ODI innings (16 sixes)
- Joint most no.of sixes in ICC Cricket World Cup career (37 sixes)
- Joint most no.of sixes as a captain in an ICC Cricket World Cup match (8 sixes)
- Highest T20 partnership for any wicket (229 runs with Virat Kohli for Royal Challenger Bangalore)
Here are Twitter reactions on the Ab de Villiers 34th birthday
#OnThisDay in 2005, Entertainment is born in the name of T20Is 🏏 !
AB De villars was born on the same day…
Everything happens for a reason…#ABDevilliers = #T20I = birthday#HappyBirthdayABdeVilliers ! pic.twitter.com/TnKsee1AcW
— I🇳D🇮A🇳 Women Crℹcket🇮🇳🏏 (@womencricketIN) February 17, 2018
9577 ODI Runs😍😍
8338 Test Runs😍😍
1672 T20I Runs😎😎
fastest fifty 16 balls👏👏
fastest hundreds 32 balls😱😱
On this day, 17 feb 1984 he was born
*HAPPY BIRTHDAY*
Cyclone boy AB de villiers😍😍 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 @ABdeVilliers17 pic.twitter.com/XvcuslCFWY— عامر خان (@iamAmirZalmi) February 17, 2018
A Big Happy birthday Mr. 360° #ABDevilliers
from India
Fastest ODI 50
Fastest ODI 100
Fastest ODI 150
Always an Inspiration @ABdeVilliers17 HBD pic.twitter.com/l5DM2LoDMK— Kiran Parmar (@kiranparmar21) February 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/Pramod8587/status/964835952920215552
Happy birthday @ABdeVilliers17 #HappyBirthdayABD #ABD #ABDevilliers pic.twitter.com/BGvVtz0RUG
— Saran (@iSaran_R) February 17, 2018
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY GOD #AB de Villiers WITH YOU FOREVER pic.twitter.com/tK1qrfWklF
— Jeya Suriyaa R3H (@JeyaR3h) February 17, 2018
Wishing the batting hero , my all time fav cricket player on earth @ABdeVilliers17 A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I love uu sooo much.. Cant express. . U make the game sooo entertaining, v just gotta stop and watch! 😘😘😘😘 #RCB #ABDevilliers 🔥🔥
— Ronica (@VeroLocks) February 17, 2018
It's a honour for me that I have born in a date same to the legend of cricket #Mr360 #ABDevilliers …Happy Birthday to the most lovable player in cricket world… 🎉🎊🎊
— Soumin Rath (@souminrath) February 17, 2018
Happy birthday legend
it doesn't matter whether he score a zero or a hundred
I was his fan , i 'm his fan and I will be his fan forever!#HappyBirthdayABD#ABDevilliers #TrueABDfan#HappyBirthdayAbdevilliers
😘😘❤❤🎉🎉🎂 pic.twitter.com/D2KWoAfNO0— Àmàñ Yádäv (@I_m_amanyadav) February 16, 2018
If there was a school of unorthodox shots, then AB de Villiers would be the principal of it
Happy birthday, @ABdeVilliers17 pic.twitter.com/wJoVVEH54L
— Circle of Cricket (@circleofcricket) February 17, 2018
@ABdeVilliers17 wish you a very Happy Birthday dear you're best I'm yours biggest fan #ABDevilliers #Best wishes pic.twitter.com/HkyRDhqbll
— Tamanna (@TamannaTammy1) February 16, 2018
He scored all his 25 ODI centuries at 100+ strike rate..
Happy Birthday AB De Villiers!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) February 17, 2018
