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I have a role to play in South Africa cricket and RCB: AB de Villiers

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Updated: January 4th, 2022, 20:14 IST
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Johannesburg: He isn’t sure what future holds in store for him. However, former South Africa captain AB de Villiers is confident that he will have a role to play in national team and his IPL franchise RCB’s future set-up. One of contemporary cricket’s greatest batters, AB De Villiers had retired from all forms of game in November last year. It marked an end to his glorious 17-year career in top-flight.

“I still believe that I have a role to play in South African cricket and also over there in the IPL with RCB,” De Villiers was quoted as saying by ‘Times LIVE’.

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De Villiers has a staggering 20,017 international runs across all formats under his belt. He also holds the record for fastest 50, 100 and 150 in ODIs. He has also played 156 matches for RCB and scored 4,491 runs. “I have no idea what will come next but I will take it one day at a time and see,” De Villiers informed.

The 37-year-old De Villiers has played 114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20s for South Africa. He said he has been ‘looking after and mentoring some youngsters with potential and ability for the last few years’.

“No one knows about it. Hopefully I can look back one day in the future knowing that I have made a big difference in the lives of a few players,” De Villiers said. “That is my focus for now and I don’t know if it’s going to be professional or on a casual basis. However, we will see where we go with that,” added the former South Africa skipper.

De Villiers had announced his retirement from international cricket in 2018. He opened up about the personal challenges that he faced in the last couple of years with the Covid-19 pandemic also taking a toll.

“Having to go to the IPL twice last year where we had to deal with a lot of travelling restrictions, Covid-19 testing, missed and cancelled flights, and having to organise school for the kids was very challenging,” informed the innovative batter.

“I decided over the past few years that I am not going to travel without my kids anymore. So the split IPL really made it very complicated. Probably the biggest challenge was to stay sane, motivated and keeping the energy. I also picked up Covid-19 at some stage and I was really sick for 10 to 12 days. Luckily I got through it. Those were the challenges and there were basic stresses of life with the pandemic floating around,” De Villiers added.

The IPL was suspended in 2020 after multiple Covid-19 cases were detected inside the bio-bubble in India. It was completed later in the year after being shifted to the UAE.

“By a long way, the travelling arrangements and the IPL have been the biggest challenge this year. Finding that energy to still want to be the best in the world was difficult,” De Villiers said.

He said the game has ‘always been about enjoyment’ for him.

“And the minute where I felt the difficulty of travelling and being there at the IPL for two-and-half-to-three months a year, specifically with this one that was split into two, bubbles and this and that made things very complicated with regards to cricket and the enjoyment thereof,” informed De Villiers

“I found myself on the park where scoring runs and doing well for the team didn’t really match with everything that goes with it anymore. That’s where the balance started leading towards hanging my gloves up,” De Villiers added.

 

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