IPL 2021: AB de Villiers hit 10 sixes and 7 boundaries during his hundred in the warm-up match

However, AB de Villiers may have not played competitive cricket since the primary leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. But the previous South Africa batsman is looking set to rule bowling assaults when the remainder of the season gets underway within the UAE from September 19.

AB de Villiers, who arrived within the UAE prior to this month to join the RCB preparing camp. Then smashed 104 runs in fair 46 balls in an intra-squad practice. Therefore, AB de Villiers hit 10 sixes and 7 boundaries amid his tornado knock for Harshal Patel XI against Devdutt Padikkal’s XI as RCB played the intra-squad match indeed as their captain Virat Kohli is completing quarantine after arriving within the UAE from Manchester.

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IPL 2021: AB de Villiers

As such, AB de Villiers started slow on a hot and muggy day within the UAE. The days ahead of their match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi. Thus, De Villiers needs to be 19 of 19 sometime recently opening up and hitting those enormous ones that he is known for.

Talking to RCB almost the conditions on offer within the UAE, AB de Villiers said once the breeze had begun coming in. He was able to cut free and make great utilization of the batting-friendly pitch.

“When I got off the bus, I thought we were crazy, playing cricket in the middle of the day here. Luckily the breeze came out and I told my partner. Listen, let’s get ourselves in and the wicket is going to get flat’ which it did,” he said.

“I am very happy with runs on the board. I was very scratchy when I started. And I got 19 off 19. I was happy to get the runs, nothing more valuable than getting runs in the middle.” he added

AB de Villiers got a great bolster from Kerala batting star Mohammed Azharuddin. As the youthful wicketkeeper-batsman hit 66 from 43 balls.

Therefore, Harshal Patel’s XI posted a more than competitive add up to 212 for 4 on the board. In their standard of 20 overs but it was not sufficient as Devdutt Padikkal’s XI won the practice match by 7 wickets.

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