AB de Villiers, known as "Mr. 360" for his incredible ability to play shots around the cricket field, is a South African cricketer who has earned worldwide acclaim for his exceptional talent and versatility. AB de Villiers is renowned for his electrifying batting, outstanding fielding skills, and ability to keep wickets when needed.

1. Born

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers was born on 17 February 1984 in Warmbad, South Africa. His parents' names are Abraham B de Villiers and Millie de Villiers, they also have two more boys named Jan de Villiers and Wessels de Villiers.

2. Domestic Career

In domestic, he played for Northern and then played for Titans as they got merged with another team. His international duties mean that he has played only occasionally for the side, he could only make 9 first-class, 20 List A, and 24 T20 appearances for the side.

3. Fasted In Everything

AB de Villiers has a record for scoring the fastest century or half-century and 150 in ODI cricket, and the best part is every one of those came against West Indies. De Villiers slammed the ODI's fastest-ever century off 31 balls against Windies in January 2015. In the same innings, he made the fastest fifty, taking 16 balls. He hit the fastest ODI 150 off 64 balls against the Windies in the 2015 World Cup.

4. Playing Style

Former South Africa skipper AB de Villiers is considered one of the best modern-day batters to have played the game. The Proteas maestro was known for his aggressive batting style and 360-degree Strokeplay. In T20, he is known as an aggressive batter capable of performing a range of unique strokes.

5. Records

De Villiers is the only wicketkeeper-batsman to have completed the double of effecting 10-plus dismissals and scoring a hundred in a Test match. He did it against Pakistan in 2013. He has played the most number of Test innings (78) and has never been dismissed for a duck, which shows his temperament in the toughest format of the game.

6. International Debut

On December 16, 2004, he made his Test debut as a 20-year-old against England in Port Elizabeth. He had a significant influence in the first inning. He made his One-Day International (ODI) debut against the same opponents, as well as his Twenty20 International (T20i) debut against Australia.

7. International Career

He has scored 8765 runs in test cricket at an average of 50.66, which had 22 centuries and 46 half-centuries. In his ODI career, he had an average of 53.50 as he scored 9577 runs and had 25 centuries and 53 half-centuries.

8. Personal Life

In 2012, at the Taj Mahal, De Villiers proposed to Danielle Swart after five years of dating. The couple wed on March 30, 2013, in Bela-Bela, South Africa. Despite his work, he made his family a priority since he has two sons and a daughter.

9. Philanthropist

AB is a natural philanthropist deeply associated with Francois Pienaar's Make a Difference Foundation. The foundation is an organization that provides impoverished students, the chance to attend the top schools in the country. In this sense, AB has adopted a little boy in Johannesburg and tutors him at school. In addition, he contributes 100% of his remuneration for weekly radio interviews to the Make a Difference Foundation.

10. IPL Career

AB de Villiers has appeared in 184 IPL matches and has scored 5162 runs at an average of 39.70. He has also scored three hundred and 40 half-centuries, with a best IPL score of 133* runs. In his IPL career, AB de Villiers has 413 fours and 251 sixes. He played his final IPL match against Kolkata on October 20, 2021, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.