AB de Villiers
Personal information
Full name
Abraham Benjamin de Villers
Born
17 February 1984
(
1984-02-17
)
Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname
AB
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style
Right-handed
Bowling style
Right–arm medium
Role
Batsman
International information
National side
South Africa
Test debut (cap 298)
17 December 2004 v England
Last Test
30 March 2018 v Australia
ODI debut (cap
78
)
2 February 2005 v England
Last ODI
13 February 2018 v India
ODI shirt no.
17
T20I debut
24 February 2006 v Australia
Last T20I
29 October 2017 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.
17
Domestic team information
Years
Team
2003–present
Northerns
2004–present
Titans (squad no. 17)
2008–2010
Delhi Daredevils
2011–present
Royal Challengers Bangalore
2016
Barbados Tridents
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
T20I
FC
Matches
114
228
78
138
Runs scored
8765
9577
1672
10689
Batting average
50.66
53.50
26.12
49.20
100s/50s
22/46
25/53
0/10
24/57
Top score
278*
176
79*
278*
Balls bowled
204
192
0
234
Wickets
2
7
2
Bowling average
52.00
28.85
0
69.00
5 wickets in innings
0
0
–
0
10 wickets in match
0
n/a
–
n/a
Best bowling
2/49
2/15
2/49
Catches/stumpings
222/5
176/5
65/7
275/6
Source: [Cricinfo], 1 April 2018 {{{year}}}
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984), commonly known as AB de Villiers also simply known as ABD, is a South African former cricketer who played for the South African national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. De Villiers holds many batting records, including the world’s fastest One Day International (ODI) 50, 100 and 150, the fastest Test century by a South African and the fastest Twenty20 International (T20I) 50 by a South African. He also plays for Titans in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.
Test Statistics
Test Centuries
