AB de Villiers finished his IPL career with 5,162 runs in 184 matches. Fans called him Mr 360 because he could hit the ball to every part of the ground. He played in the league from 2008 to 2021, first for Delhi Daredevils and then for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. His year by year numbers tell…
The No. 3 batting position in the IPL has produced some of the most famous innings in the history of the tournament. AB de Villiers 133 not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians in 2015 is the highest individual score by a No. 3 batter in IPL history. No batter walking in at…
Paul Valthaty and AB de Villiers share the record for most fours in single IPL innings. Each man hit 19 fours in one innings, and no batter has gone past that mark from 2008 to 2026. Valthaty set the mark in 2011, and de Villiers matched it four years later. A four is the safest…
AB de Villiers scores at a strike rate of 232.56 in the death overs of the IPL. That is the highest strike rate by any batter in this phase of the game among players with 500 or more runs. The death overs, overs 17 to 20, often decide close matches. A batter faces only a…
The record for the most fifty plus partnerships in IPL history is shared by three legendary pairs. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle, and Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan have each put together 21 partnerships of fifty or more in the league. No pair in the history of the tournament…
Highest partnerships by wicket in IPL show us how the biggest stands in the league were built, one wicket at a time. The all time record belongs to Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, who added 229 runs for the second wicket for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Gujarat Lions in 2016. That stand has stood…
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