In addition to seeing his previous team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), win their maiden IPL championship, South African legend AB de Villiers is happy to have watched his country defeat Australia in the World Test Championship final.
Even though he didn’t have many trophies as a player, AB de Villiers was pleased to see that the two teams he had many great memories of winning a championship after years of heartache. Nevertheless, throughout the first three seasons of the IPL, AB De Villiers was linked to a different franchise called the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals), in addition to RCB and South Africa. Although he has a lot of positive things to say about South Africa and the RCB, he made a bold claim regarding the Delhi club, claiming that even if they had some excellent players in the lineup in previous seasons, the team was in ruins.
“I’d rather not name you.” You know—burning people. However, the Delhi Daredevils were in ruins. It was, after all. That side was full of poisonous characters. Many legends. I speak, so it’s a very bittersweet moment for me. I have pleasant memories of it. Spending time with Daniel Vettori and Glenn McGrath was one of the joys of my life and career. We came quite close there. In an interview with Cricket.com, AB De Villiers stated, “But these guys were my heroes and I was so scared of them growing up.”
“It was a very bittersweet three years for me, from those highs to also realising that there were some cancerous characters inside and no need to mention names.” wasn’t supported as much as I would have liked to, too,” De Villiers continued.
I believed that I would be the man. Then suddenly stopped playing: AB de Villiers
By discussing his time with the squad and mentioning his outstanding 2009 season, in which he was the team’s top run scorer with 465 runs at an average of 51.66, De Villiers further bolstered his argument. The 41-year-old former cricket player who is now a commentator was benched by the team despite expecting to play more games. He also mentioned how coach Greg Shipperd supported him throughout the competition, even when things became tough.
“I liked Shippy (Greg Shipperd), the coach from New South Wales who was in charge there, and he gave me some encouragement, but I also didn’t play as well as I would have liked, but I never thought I would get more than three games, for example. And it’s a difficult scenario for a child,” the former captain of South Africa stated.
“2009 was pleasant. When I returned after my nearly full season of playing in South Africa, I believed I would be the man. Suddenly, it stopped playing. Thus, the emotions were quite conflicted. I was informed that I would be retained, but a moment later, I noticed that I was up for auction. I had no idea what had actually occurred. “So strange things happened,” he said.
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