Australia's bowlers publicly admit to 'fear, shivers' while bowling to AB de Villiers

Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Brisbane Heat recently roped in South African batting legend AB de Villiers for second half of upcoming tournament. former captain will make his debut in Big Bash and will replace ar legend of game Brendon McCullum. McCullum had anunced his retirement from competitive cricket earlier this year.

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AB de Villiers, however, had shown interest in participating in previous Big Bash season but backed out of signing a contract with any franchise. He is considered to be one of greatest batsmen of shorter formats and he will be available for second half of eight-team competition including finals should Heat make it to kckout sts. arrival of AB de Villiers delighted Brisbane coach Darren Lehmann, who had deemed it as a rare opportunity to work with a player of such supreme calibre. Recently, cricket.com.au posted a video in which players from Big Bash League were seen expressing ir excitement to have South African great player in league.

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Australian players stoked with AB de Villiers' arrival in BBL

Aussie players Usman Khawaja and Ashton Agar went on to term him 'best white-ball cricketer in world' and added that he was only getting better with . Australia wicket-keeper batsman Matw Wade termed him as best batsman he had ever watched from behind stumps. Wade recalled de Villiers' famous innings of 169 in a Test match against Australia in Perth in 2012, which helped South Africa become one of those rare sides to win back-to-back Test series 'Down Under'.

AB de Villiers would be a nightmare to bowl to Jhye Richardson

Bowlers Gurinder Sandhu and Jason Behrendorff were in awe with his ability to clear any boundary in world. likes of Kane Richardson and Jhye Richardson said it was gonna be a nightmare for m to bowl to right-hander. James Faulkner mentioned how he had t slept for three days thinking about bowling to AB de Villiers in BBL.

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Youngsters Matt Renshaw, Marnus Lambuschagne and Max Bryant, who will also be playing for Brisbane Heat, expressed how stoked y were to share dressing room with legend who y had idolized growing up. Several or players like Nathan Coulter Nile, Dan Christian, Mitchell Marsh also expressed ir views about arrival of AB de Villiers. De Villiers represented Proteas in 114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20Is in an illustrious career that spanned 14 years before bidding farewell to international cricket in 2018.

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