AB Devilliers announced his retirement this year from International Cricket
AB De Villiers shocked the entire world when he announced his retirement from International Cricket earlier this year. His decision was perplexing because the World Cup was just a year away and he was supposed to be the mainstay of the South African batting Lineup.
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He has played two Test series this year and scored 638 runs in 7 matches at an average of 53.16 with 1 hundred and six half-centuries. He single-handedly denied India their first Test series victory in South Africa, by playing match-winning knocks in the first 2 Tests of the 3-match series earlier this year.
He stands at the 4th position among leading run-getters right now.
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Balakrishna has been a cricket writer at Sportskeeda for almost seven years. A sport that he has been following and playing since he was eight, Balakrishna enjoys the intensity of the sport, skills and strategies applied to get a result out of nowhere, and the thrill that it gives. He also played as a medium pace bowling all-rounder in four inter-college tournaments, winning twice.
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