Ind v SA, 1st test : India 233 & 66/2 following on. South Africa 558/6 dec. Dale Steyn (7 for 51 runs) = career's best bowling and 2nd best Ind v SA test performance.

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Abraham Denjamin de Villiers, aka AB de Villiers, is one all round cricketer. apart from being a batsman capable of making runs on all kinds of surfaces, electric fielding and wicket keeping are other facests of this Pretoria born South African cricket player. he also has 2 wickets in tests as well! 5 feet 10 inches in height, AB de Villers chose cricket over many sports he was good at, played under-19 world cup 2002 and progressed to International cricket almost instantly. First South African to score a double century against India, AB de Villiers' contribution proved vital in Protea's biggest test series win, against & in Australia in 2008. Previously seen a wicket keeper in waiting to vetern Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers has now cemented his place in South Africa cricket team as one of their premier batsman and has already expressed his intentions to become world's best.

CAREER STATS (updated 31 October 2009)

Playing role : Right handed batsman, wicket keeper.
Highest scores : Test match = 217 vs India at Ahmedabad (2008). ODI = 146 vs West Indies at Grenada (2007).

TRIVIA

• AB de Villiers holds the record of most test match innings without a duck, for his innitial 78 innings before he made a 0 against Bangladesh in November 2008.
• AB de Villiers has been dismissed in 90s 5 times in his career so far.
• AB de Villiers' Official website = www.abdevilliers.com
• AB de Villiers is equally good at golf, rugby and tennis as he is in cricket. and, he has played the guitar and sang with Ampie du Preez as well!

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