AB de Villiers thrilled to watch Roger Federer play at Australian Open for the first time

South African cricket superstar AB de Villiers is currently lighting up Big Bash League (BBL) with his swashbuckling hitting for Brisbane Heat. After BBL, De Villiers will make his appearance for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. It is also speculated that batting legend may come out of international retirement and play for his country in upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2020.

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AB de Villiers enjoys Roger Federer match in Melbourne with wife

After making Brisbane Heat win ir match against Melbourne Stars, AB de Villiers went to watch Australian Open on Sunday along with his wife Danielle de Villiers. Roger Federer played Marton Fucsovics and won match to proceed to quarter-final on Tuesday. Federer will w play quarter-final against USA's Tennys Sandgren. Federer has won six Australian Opens in his career till w. Here is De Villiers' post on social media.

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BBL: AB de Villiers nearly kept Brisbane Heat in contention

Brisbane Heat were one of Big Bash League's most-exciting teams at start of 2019/20 season but entire season did t pan out as well as Chris Lynn's men would have hoped. In 12 matches, Brisbane only won five matches and needed to win ir encounter against Melbourne Stars to stay alive. De Villiers showed up to match in typical fashion and smashed 71 runs of just 37 balls. In this inning, De Villiers hit two fours and six sixes. De Villiers' contribution helped Heat post a total of 186 and Melbourne Stars failed to chase it. However, Heat lost ir final match against Melbourne Renegades on Monday and could t qualify for playoffs.

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