Four years after his retirement from cricket, former Proteas legend AB de Villiers continues to be a terror for oppositions as he once again turned back the clock with a vintage display, giving a testament to his sheer batting prowess with a quickfire 41-ball century in the ongoing World Championship of Legends (WCL 2025).
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49/10
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Bahrain beat Rwanda by 114 runs
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Bahrain beat Malawi by 8 wickets
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128/9
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Austria won by 7 wickets
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Romania beat Hungary by 10 wickets
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Hungary beat Luxembourg by 70 runs
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Alby Zalmi CC won by 8 wickets
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104/1
Huddinge beat Marsta CC by 9 wickets
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Alby Zalmi CC beat Marsta CC by 25 runs
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Huddinge beat Rising Phoenix by 53 runs
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Huddinge beat Marsta CC by 85 runs
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175/6
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Fakhr-E-Kashmir beat Royal Lions CC by 42 runs
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Fatemi Resources Cricket Club beat Utkal Cricket Club by 7 wickets
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MR KB Putrajaya won by 6 wickets
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Maxx Cricket Club beat KL Gladiators by 5 wickets
119/2
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Match abandoned due to rain
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Uganda beat Kenya by 6 wickets
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Nigeria beat Namibia A by 6 runs
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Mahe Megalo Strikers beat Yanam Royals by 9 runs
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Mis Ainak Knights won by 7 wickets
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Speen Ghar Tigers beat Band-e-Amir Dragons by 4 wickets
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Pakistan Champions beat South Africa Champions by 31 runs
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Leading the South Africa Champions side, AB hit an unbeaten 116* off 51 balls to propel his team to a massive 10-wicket win over the England Champions tonight (July 24). The 41-year-old batted at a blistering strike rate of 227.45, which comprised a staggering 15 boundaries and seven maximums.
Watch some of the glimpses of AB’s carnage below.
AB’s ton comes just days after he registered a blazing unbeaten 30-ball 63* against the India Champions.
Interestingly, he couldn’t make a mark in their opening clash against the West Indies Champions, departing for 3 but as they say, one cannot keep a champion down for a long time and AB has now bounced back in style. He is also currently the leading run-scorer in the ongoing edition of WCL with 182 runs in three games, at a mindboggling average of 182.
Courtesy of the wicketkeeper-batter’s heroics, South Africa champions have won all their three games so far in WCL 2025 and are currently the table toppers with six points.
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Mr.360 has been one of the greatest cricketers to ever play the sport. He holds the record for the fastest 50 and 100 in ODIs – reaching the feat in 16 and 31 balls respectively, which came during his knock of 149 against West Indies back in 2015. He has scored over 20k runs playing for South Africa across formats, that includes 47 hundreds and 109 fifties.
Apart from his international exploits, AB de Villiers was a household name in the Indian Premier League (IPL) playing for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) where he made nearly 5000 runs at a strike rate of 158.63 in 11 seasons.
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