AB de Villiers picks himself in all-time IPL XI, prefers MS Dhoni over Virat Kohli to lead

Former South African cricket captain AB de Villiers has been one of best batsmen to play in IPL over years. Having played for Delhi Capitals and currently for RCB, de Villiers has developed a reputation as a destructive 360-degree cricketer, capable of hitting shots all over field. Recently, AB de Villiers picked up his all-time IPL XI while appearing on  Cricbuzz in Conversation show with famous sports presenter Harsha Bhogle.

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AB de Villiers' all-time IPL XI has himself but David Warner or Dale Steyn

During show, when AB de Villiers was asked to pick his all-time IPL XI, South African batsman made some interesting decision. AB de Villiers picked 7 Indians in his all-time IPL XI. South African revealed that MS Dhoni will be captain of his team. player selected MS Dhoni as captain over his present RCB teammate and captain Virat Kohli.

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For opening pair, de Villiers picked Indian batting duo Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma. While AB de Villiers had played with Sehwag during his time at Delhi, he picked Rohit Sharma as he believed Rohit to be best batsman over last five years. While duo is deadly in any format of game, ir selection came ahead of likes of David Warner, who is most successful overseas batsman in IPL, winning league title in 2016 as captain of SRH.

For .3 and .4 slots, AB de Villiers picked RCB teammate Virat Kohli and himself respectively. RCB duo has developed a strong partnership over years. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have developed to be most important players for RCB. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have stitched toger several memorable partnerships for RCB in IPL over years. duo are  only two players with two 200+ partnerships in T20s.

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In middle order, RCB player picked MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja and England all-rounder, Ben Stokes. For bowling places, AB de Villiers went in with a combination of 3 pacers and a spinner. De Villiers chose Indian pace duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, with South African teammate Kagiso Rabada taking up third slot. spinner in team chosen by AB de Villiers was Rashid Khan from Afghanistan.

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Talking about who will captain his team, RCB player said that while he will pick MS Dhoni as captain since he and RCB teammate Virat Kohli can sort out leadership of team toger. While picking team, South African made several interesting choices. player’s all-time IPL XI had place for tournament’s leading run-scorer, David Warner while leaving out South African teammate Dale Steyn as well. Steyn is said to have seventh best ecomy rate in history of competition at 6.76, playing 96 matches and was successful in most of m. Many fans lauded battle between Steyn and de Villiers whenever y faced off, although de Villiers came out on top on all instances.

Im Courtesy: icc-cricket.com