AB de Villiers completes 11 years of making first-ever IPL hundred on Apr 23, 2009 vs CSK

Former South African captain AB de Villiers anunced himself at IPL st when he smashed 105* against Chennai Super Kings on April 23, 2009. AB de Villiers had only played six matches in IPL 2008 for Delhi Daredevils (w Delhi Capitals) and in 2009, playing on his home soul, Virender Sehwag-led team decided to make ABD a regular member of ir playing XI. De Villiers did t disappoint as he smashed his first IPL hundred in only ninth match of IPL 2009.

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AB de Villiers' first IPL hundred, Delhi triumph against CSK

Delhi Daredevils met MS Dhoni's CSK at Kingsmead during Match 9 of IPL 2009. Virender Sehwag won toss and came out to bat with Gautam Gambhir. Soon eugh, both openers were sent back to dugout for low scores and out came a promising AB de Villiers and an experienced Tillakaratne Dilshan. two stitched toger a 68-run partnership where Dilshan scored 50.

However, after Dilshan's dismissal, De Villiers decided to take charge of innings singlehandedly. He reached his fifty in 35 balls and started to build a partnership with young Maj Tiwary.

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CSK cant beat AB de Villiers' brilliance

De Villiers was w in full form as he took Chennai bowlers to cleaners. It was w 19th over, AB de Villiers was on 79 when MS Dhoni asked experienced Andrew Flintoff to bowl. Flintoff ended up getting smashed around ground 1,6,4,4,6 during first five balls. On final ball, AB de Villiers ran a single to get to his maiden IPL hundred in just 51 balls.

His home crowd appreciated his efforts and so did Daredevils dugout. Due to De Villiers' brilliance, Delhi were able to post a competitive total of 189. Chennai could t match target despite an impressive fifty by Matw Hayden. y fell short by 9 runs and Delhi won match.

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ABD's journey with Delhi Capitals and RCB

n-Daredevils steamrolled ir way through IPL 2009 and ended up first on points table. But y were kcked out by Deccan Chargers in semi-final of tournament. AB de Villiers was bought by RCB in 2011 IPL Auctions and has been with team since. He has scored two more hundreds in IPL since n.

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