Amazing Records which you need to know about ‘AB de Villiers’
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Kathmandu : AB de Villiers is a South African cricketer who became captain of South Africa's One Day International and Twenty20 teams. who holds a many batting records such as the fastest fifty, hundred and one hundred fifty score in ODI cricket, the fastest Test hundred by a South African and the fastest T20I fifty by a South African. [3] He made his international debut in a Test match against England in 2004 and first played a ODI in early 2005. His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006.
1. Here's a list of Few Records which you need to know about ‘AB de Villiers.
2. Fastest fifty in One day International in 16 balls vs West Indies at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 18 January 2015.
3. He was shortlisted for South Africa's junior national hockey team.
4. Fastest hundred in One day International in 31 balls vs West Indies at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 18 January 2015.
5. He made it to the shortlist of South Africa's junior national football team.
6. He was captain of South Africa's junior national rugby team.
7. Fastest hundred and fifty in One day International in 64 balls vs West Indies at Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia on 27 February 2015
8. Record for most consecutive Tests without missing any(98).
9. Fastest player 8000 runs in One Day Internationals.
10. He holds six South African school swimming records.
11. He holds the record in the 100m dash in South Africa's junior athletics.
12. He was a member of South Africa's junior Davis Cup tennis team.
13. He equaled the record of most sixes (16) in an innings in ODI format along with Rohit Sharma and Chris Gayle against the West Indies at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 18 January 2015.
14. He is the holder of a rather unwanted record for most ducks (4) in a particular ODI series (2007 Cricket World Cup). He shares this record with Greg Chappell and Kyle McCallan (who also achieved this in the 2007 Cricket World Cup).
15. He holds the record for the most sixes in Cricket World Cup (37 sixes) along with Chris Gayle.
16. He is the leading run scorer for SOUTH AFRICA in Cricket World Cup.
17. He scored 34 runs in an over which is the third highest in ODIs.
18. He was South Africa's U-19 national badminton champion.
19. Has a golf handicap of scratch or zero, which means he is a player whose average score for a round of golf is par or better.
20. De Villiers has scored 21 Test,24 ODI and 2 IPL centuries. He is the highest century maker for South Africa in ODIs, and sixth highest of all time.
21. He has scored 38 test,47 ODI,6 T20I and 15 IPL half centuries.
22. As of 2 February 2016, De Villiers is ranked no.7 batsman in tests and no.1 in ODI.
23. De Villiers became the second youngest and second fastest South African to reach 1000 test runs after Graeme Pollock and in his test career so far has batted, bowled and kept wicket as well.
24. In a very short period of time, has accumulated many runs in Tests including 21 centuries and 36 fifties. He still holds the record for most Test innings without registering a duck (78).
25. He is a recipient of the prestigious national medal from the Late Nelson Mandela for a science project.
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