- Born
- Birth nameAbraham Benjamin de Villiers
- Nicknames
- ABD
- Mr. 360°
- Superman of Cricket
- AB de Villiers was born on February 17, 1984 in South Africa. He is an actor, known for AB de Villiers & Ampie: Maak Jou Drome Waar (2010), Indian Premier League (2008) and 2007 ICC World Twenty20 (2007). He has been married to Danielle de Villiers since 2013. They have two children.
- SpouseDanielle de Villiers(2013 - present) (2 children)
- 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 won 3 ICC ODI Player Of The Year Awards (2010, 2014, 2015).
- He made his international debut in a Test match against England in 2004 and first played an ODI in early 2005. His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006.
- De Villiers proposed to his girlfriend, Danielle Swart, at the Taj Mahal in 2012, after 5 years of dating. The couple got married in March 2013, in Bela-Bela, South Africa. They have two sons: Abraham Benjamin (born 2015) and John Richard (born 2017).
- AB de Villiers is a former South African cricketer who played for the South African national team.
- No matter how hot the fire burns, a Protea always survives.
- It was probably the most humbling experience of my life walking out there in the final ODI against India at Wankhede Stadium (in 2015). I walked out there to bat and the entire crowd was cheering 'AB! AB!' and chanting so loud that I could not even hear myself talk. It was happening in the whole series, but then it hit me really hard that I was very far away from home and here the people were supporting me like I was their own, yet I was playing against their own.
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