Former South African captain and famous batsman AB de Villiers had retired from cricket 5 years ago. But the magic of his batting is still the same. De Villiers is playing in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) these days. In the match against West Indies Champions, he once again demonstrated his brilliant batting and scored 70 runs in just 39 balls. During this innings, he hit shots all around the field.
De Villiers scored a half century in 27 balls
WCL 2026 matches are being played in Sharjah, UAE, in which the first match of South Africa Champions was against West Indies Champions. Like in international cricket, AB de Villiers’ bat also spoke loudly in this match against West Indies. In this match, South African Champions came to bat first and De Villiers, who came at number three, started batting furiously as soon as he entered the field. He completed his half-century in just 27 balls.
De Villiers rained a lot of fours and sixes
42 year old AB de Villiers, who is captaining the South African Champions, hit such brilliant shots on the field that the audience remembered his old days. He hit sixes in every corner of the ground and proved why he is called ‘Mr. 360’. He was out in the last over of the match, but before that he played a stormy inning of 70 runs in just 39 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 4 fours and took the team to a big score.
South Africa set a target of 243 runs for West Indies
Talking about the match, the South African team, batting first, scored 242 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from De Villiers, Richards Levi also batted tremendously and scored 87 runs in just 39 balls. Chasing the target, the West Indies team was all out after scoring 145 runs in 18.2 overs. West Indies Champions won this match by 97 runs.
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