AB de Villiers Retires: The Superman's Best Fielding Moments, Watch Videos
His retirement has definitely surprised fans, in fact, even shocked many, but his fielding efforts will keep cricket fans in awe of the master batsman and fielder.
AB de Villiers, the maverick and master South African batsman has taken the cricketing world by a storm after he announced his retirement from International cricket. The retirement announced came quite out of the blue as it wasn't expected. Twitter has been 'grieving' and expressing shock over his call to retire from international cricket ever since the news broke. However, now that he has announced his retirement from international matches, we look back at some of the best fielding efforts by the amazing fielder. But first, the retirement announcement from the man himself who acknowledged it a "a big decision".
Just a few days back, representing the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in Vivo IPL 2018, AB de Villiers had pulled off an unbelievable catch from near the boundary ropes.
Here is a compilation of the best catches by the 'flying' South African which prove that he is not only the best batsman of his generation but also the greatest fielder of his era:
These 'acrobatic' catches by AB de Villiers will prove that there is nothing that the Man in Green jersey cannot do whenever he is on the field for South Africa.
Here is a video of AB de Villiers that will remind everyone of the Jhonty Rhodes and as can be seen in the video, there was quite a resemblance between the two South African fielding greats.
AB de Villiers is known for his explosive batting and innovative shots. But throughout his career, he has kept reminding everyone how good a fielder he is. Carrying forward the legacy of the legendary Jhonty Rhodes, AB has surely ensured that he will be remembered as one of the best fielders in the game. His retirement has definitely surprised fans, in fact, even shocked many, but his fielding efforts will keep cricket fans in awe of the master batsman and fielder.
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