AB de Villiers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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South African cricketer
Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1984
Place of Birth: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
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About AB de Villiers
- Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984), commonly known as AB de Villiers, is a former international cricketer who has captained South African cricket team across all three formats.
- He was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career.
- His record breaking 149 against West Indies in 2015 was named as the second best ODI innings of the decade by Wisden.
- He played for Titans in South African domestic cricket and Delhi Daredevils & Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
- In limited overs cricket he is an attacking batsman.
- He has the record of hitting the fastest ODI century in just 31 balls.
- He also records the fastest ODI 50,100 and 150. De Villiers began his international career as a wicket-keeper-batsman, but he has played most often solely as a batsman.
- He batted at various positions in the batting order, but predominantly in the middle-order.
- Noted as one of the most innovative batsmen in the modern game, de Villiers is known for a range of unorthodox shots, particularly behind the wicket-keeper.He made his international debut in a Test match against England from 2004 and first played a One Day International (ODI) in early 2005.
- His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006.
- He scored over 8,000 runs in both Test and ODI cricket and has a batting average of over fifty in both forms of the game.De Villiers captained South Africa in all three formats, although after a series of injuries he stepped down from the Test captaincy.
- In 2017 he stepped down from captaining the national limited-overs teams and in May 2018 announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.
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