He gave some interesting names in his all-time IPL XI.
Legendary AB de Villiers has named his all-time best XI from the Indian Premier League (IPL). He has named as many as four Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) players, including himself. He also gave some interesting names for other slots, which are surprising and interesting at the same time.
ODW
148/10
PD
66/10
WDL
–
SDS
129/5
NDT
–
EDR
–
NDS
–
ODW
–
GUI
146/7
CPP
150/3
CFS Pinnacle Pro won by 7 wickets
LCC
123/4
CPP
119/5
London County Cricket beat CFS Pinnacle Pro by 6 wickets
GUI
123/6
KSP
124/3
Kreative Sports XI beat Guildford by 7 wickets
KSP
–
LCC
–
GUI
–
LCC
–
WIM
–
LCC
–
KSP
–
LCC
–
WIM
–
CPP
–
CPP
–
KSP
–
WIM
–
KSP
–
YOR
83/4
BB
137/10
LAN
–
NOR
–
Match abandoned
DURH
310/7
SUSS
86/4
GLAM
105/4
HAM
324/6
NOT
283/9
ESS
35/0
GLO
341/8
DER
76/2
SURR
–
LEI
–
MID
–
SOM
–
BCC
87/5
GUG
89/10
Bud Cricket Club beat Guwahati Giants by 17 runs (DLS method)
NVR
49/4
NAJC
50/0
Nabajyoti Club beat Navarang Club by 10 wickets
GTC
–
GUG
–
BCC
–
CCC
–
RTZ
–
TCC
–
GUJCC
–
NCMI
–
KUMS
–
CEC-A
–
PCR
–
BNC
–
JOR
234/3
MEL
119/9
Johor beat Melaka by 115 runs
KELN
169/10
PHG
173/7
Pahang beat Kelantan by 4 runs
KLPR
97/10
PENG
104/8
Penang beat Kuala Lumpur by 7 runs
PUT
100/10
SRAK
256/6
Sarawak beat Putrajaya by 156 runs
SEL
–
MEL
–
JOR
–
PHG
–
PRK
–
PENG
–
KLPR
–
PUT
–
MWW
34/10
HTW
38/1
Hubli Tigers Women beat Mysore Warriors Women by 9 wickets
SHLW
78/6
BBW
–
Match abandoned due to rain
HTW
–
MDW
–
SHLW
–
MWW
–
IRE-W
–
PAK-W
–
LOS
–
OVI
–
MAO
–
SOB
–
LSW-W
172/4
OIW-W
–
MOW-W
–
SBW-W
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On Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast, the four RCB players he named were Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Daniel Vettori. Kohli is an IPL legend who holds the record for most runs in the tournament, scoring 8,661 runs at an average of 39.54 and a strike rate of 132.85 in 259 innings, including 63 fifties and eight centuries.
AB himself has a marvellous IPL record, with 5,162 runs at an average of 39.70 and a strike rate of 151.68 in 170 innings, comprising 40 fifties and three centuries. Meanwhile, Yuzvendra Chahal is the leading wicket-taker in the competition, with 221 wickets at an average of 22.76 in 172 innings, including eight four-wicket and a five-wicket haul.
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Daniel Vettori is a surprising name, but had done reasonably well in the IPL. He snared 28 wickets at 31.39 runs apiece in 34 innings and scored 121 runs at an average of 15.12 in 17 outings. The reason to include Vettori in this elite list might be his captaincy credentials, as he led RCB 28 times and won 15 matches at a win% of 53.37, including their run to the final in 2011.
AB de Villiers picked Rohit Sharma and Matthew Hayden as openers in his all-time IPL XI. Rohit is the second-leading run-getter in the league, scoring 7,046 runs at an average of 29.72 and a 132.09 strike rate in 267 outings, comprising 47 fifties and two centuries.
Further, he chose another swashbuckling batter, Suryakumar Yadav, in the middle order to partner with himself and Kohli. Suryakumar has 4,311 runs at an average of 35.04 and a strike rate of 148.65 in 151 innings, with 29 fifties and two hundreds.
He selected MS Dhoni, who has won five IPL titles as captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK). He also boasts a terrific batting record. Hardik Pandya, who has been among the finest all-rounders in the competition since his debut, is also present in AB’s XI.
Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga were other bowlers apart from Chahal and Vettori to find a place in the team. Both bowlers are in the top 10 wicket-takers in the league’s history and have contributed immensely to the Mumbai Indians’ success.
Rohit Sharma, Matthew Hayden, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, AB de Villiers, Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lasith Malinga, Daniel Vettori.
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