Awesomely Brilliant De  Villiers

Every day is not Sunday and every team is not as lucky as India that A B de Villiers gets run-out cheaply. After a thumping win over Zimbabwe, West Indies would have prepared themselves for the sterner against South Africa(SA)  but just not the way it happened. It was a one-man show by, undoubtedly, the most dynamic batsman in the world.

   While De Villiers was going after the West Indies bowling, the Sydney crowd was behind him chanting “AB!! AB!! AB!...”. The fielders became spectators as the spectators were doing their job. An absolute carnage was witnessed at the historic SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground). The South African captain came in to bat in the 30^th over after the fall of three wickets and what followed was unbelievable. Courtesy of his 162 off 66, SA went on to score 408, the second highest team total in World Cups after India’s 413 against Bermuda in 2007.

  In his match winning performance, De Villiers hit 17 boundaries and 8 towering sixes. He played shorts to all parts of the ground and made it difficult to the bowlers to adjust their lengths. He reached to his fifty in 30 balls, the next 50 came in a mere 22 balls and registered the 2^nd fastest WC century. The third one was the fastest in 12 balls and the fastest 150 in ODIs. Recently he owned the record of fastest hundred in ODIs against the same opposition, bettering Corey Anderson’s record by 5 balls. The skipper was involved in a 134 run stand with Rile Rossouw and an unbeaten 20-ball 80 runs partnership with Behardien.

 In his outrageous appearance, we witnessed some impossible strokes played by the 31-year old “short manufacturing machine”.

 This extraordinary talent from South Africa is one of his kind in the whole cricketing fraternity. Nothing seems impossible if A B is batting. A lot of milestones achieved by the batting sensation and still we hope, it is just a beginning.