AB de Villiers in talks for international comeback ahead of 2020 WT20: Faf du Plessis
Cricket | December 17, 2019 15:33 ISTFormer South African cricketer AB de Villiers could make a sensational return to the international colours.
Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers could make a sensational return to the international colours.
South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has said that he will consider asking former Proteas star AB de Villiers to reverse his decision on retirement.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali, who is one of the two foreign players retained for next season, believes RCB needs to have a good start in IPL 2020 in order to make it to the playoffs and the win the title.
Virat Kohli shared a picture of him having a laugh with Eoin Morgan and former AB de Villiers and spoke about his friendships off the field.
Shivam Dube, 26, earned his maiden call up to the national team for India's three-match T20I series against Bangladesh.
South Africa were thrashed by 203 runs in the first Test and lost by an innings and 137 runs in the second Test here, already losing the series.
AB de Villiers, who hyped up a stint in Australia before cooling off, in the end, couldn't stay away from the lure of playing at the Gabba for the Heats.
Virat Kohli shared a behind-the-scenes video of him dancing, and AB De Villiers and Harbhajan Singh couldn't resist commenting.
AB De Villiers kept on hammering Essex bowlers all around the park and he went on to score 88 runs off just 43 balls as Middlesex beat Essex by 7 wickets.
Backing the South African great, Team India skipper Virat Kohli and former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh commented on his post, motivating and backing the charismatic cricketer.
In a detailed statement, De Villiers gave his side of the story after he was criticised for picking and choosing international assignments after announcing his retirement last year.
South Africa have won just one game out of the five they played and after the loss against New Zealand on Wednesday, their 2019 World Cup campaign is all about salvaging pride than winning the cup.
Trent Boult said that he enjoys bowling to the likes of the AB de Villiers, Chris Gayles and Virat Kohli.
The South African captain broke his silence on the phone-call with AB de Villiers, stating that the former Proteas batsman was too late to approach the side.
Ottis Gibson said that de Villiers, who had retired from international cricket in May 2018, had spoken with captain Faf du Plessis and later Gibson about making a comeback into the squad.
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar said that AB de Villiers chose money over country last year when he decided to retire from international cricket.
AB de Villiers made himself available for selection just ahead of the 2019 World Cup team was picked but the Cricket South Africa (CSA) selection panel didn't accept his proposal.
Zondi said that ABD wasn't keen on playing the home series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan to be considered for selection in the team for the showpiece event and instead wanted to play in T20 leagues.
The report also said that De Villiers had approached Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis, head coach Ottis Gibson and convenor of selectors Linda Zondi, where he expressed his desire to reverse his retirement.
Jonty Rhodes took to Twitter and said that relying on a couple of players wouldn't work and it was a case of some poor batting which resulted in South Africa's second defeat in the 2019 World Cup.
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