AB de Villiers is the hero in IPL

AB de Villiers Player profile Full name Abraham Benjamin de Villiers Born February 17, 1984, Pretoria Current age 25 years 74 days Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Delhi Daredevils, Northerns, Titans Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium Fielding position Wicketkeeper Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St Tests 52 89 8 3558 217* 43.92 6707 53.04 9 17 434 18 75 1 ODIs 85 81 10 2761 146 38.88 3217 85.82 3 18 284 48 52 0 T20Is 15 14 3 176 52* 16.00 164 107.31 0 1 17 4 17 2 First-class 76 132 13 5407 217* 45.43 9550 56.61 12 31 121 2 List A 107 102 13 3630 146 40.78 5 24 71 0 Twenty20 36 33 6 766 105* 28.37 587 130.49 1 4 62 27 31 4 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 Tests 52 4 198 99 2 2/49 2/49 49.50 3.00 99.0 0 0 0 ODIs 85 1 12 22 0 - - - 11.00 - 0 0 0 T20Is 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - First-class 76 228 133 2 2/49 66.50 3.50 114.0 0 0 0 List A 107 12 22 0 - - - 11.00 - 0 0 0 Twenty20 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - Career statistics Test debut South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Dec 17-21, 2004 scorecard Last Test South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Mar 19-22, 2009 scorecard Test statistics - Statsguru Test analysis - Player analysis menu/filter Test match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most dismissals in an innings Fielding series statistics ODI debut South Africa v England at Bloemfontein, Feb 2, 2005 scorecard Last ODI South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Apr 17, 2009 scorecard ODI statistics - Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics T20I debut South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 24, 2006 scorecard Last T20I South Africa v Australia at Centurion, Mar 29, 2009 scorecard T20I statistics - Statsguru T20I analysis - Player analysis menu/filter T20I match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most dismissals in an innings Fielding series statistics First-class debut 2003/04 Last First-class South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Mar 19-22, 2009 scorecard List A debut 2003/04 Last List A South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Apr 17, 2009 scorecard Twenty20 debut Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard Last Twenty20 Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils at Centurion, Apr 30, 2009 scorecard Profile Few Test debutants can have been asked to play so many roles in such a short space of time as AB de Villiers, and fewer still can have risen to the challenge with such alacrity that, at the tender age of 21, he was already being regarded as the future of South African cricket. A product of Afrikaans Hoer Seunsskool in Pretoria, de Villiers was born to be a sportsman - although such was his natural talent, tennis, golf, cricket or rugby could have been his calling. Cricket won out, however, and after a prodigious spell in the South Africa Under-19 team, he made his debut for Titans in 2003-04, racking up five half-centuries in his 438 runs. He earned his call-up for the first Test against England the following season, and after a composed debut as an opening batsman, he was handed the wicketkeeping gloves for the second Test in Durban, which he helped save with a maiden Test half-century from No. 7. By the end of the series, however, he was back at the top of the order, and after falling eight runs short of a deserved century in the first innings at Centurion, he made instant amends second-time around. His development continued at a rate of knots in the Caribbean, where he helped seal the series with a wonderful 178 at Bridgetown. On South Africa's tour of Australia at the end of 2005 he managed just 152 runs at 25.33 - despite playing Shane Warne well - and was sent home ahead of the tri-nation VB Series. When South Africa hosted Australia for a return series, de Villiers managed only one good Test, hitting 50 and 46 at Durban, and overall failed to showcase his undoubted talent. However, he was South Africa's highest scorer in a 2-0 loss to Sri Lanka in July-August with 217 runs, including two impressive fifties. The 2006-07 South African season was a mixed bag, but his fielding, breathtaking, and his speed in the field, top-class, are two of his biggest assets even though he has failed to convince as a Test opener. He occasionally showed his best form during the 2007 World Cup, but South Africa needed him to kick on. He did just that in 2008. He became the first South African to hit a double hundred against India, and his match-winning knocks of 174 at Headingley and 106 not out in Perth paved the way for historic Test series wins in England and Australia. Andrew Miller/Jamie Alter December 2008 Latest Articles Smith and Pathan script remarkable win (Apr 28, 2009) Delhi clinch high-scoring thriller (Apr 23, 2009) Almost perfection (Apr 23, 2009) Northern lights (Apr 15, 2009) Smith happy with 'good energy' in the squad (Apr 14, 2009) View the full list of 150 related articles Latest Photos Apr 28, 2009 AB de Villiers is slightly cramped for space © Associated Press Apr 23, 2009 AB de Villiers smashes it through the offside © AFP Apr 23, 2009 AB de Villiers reached his fifty off 35 balls © AFP View the full list of 299 related images Search for a profile from the extensive database of over 50000 players: