Mr 360 of World Cricket was the former captain of AB de Villiers South Africa. Now all have retired from the cricket department.

Mr 360 of World Cricket was the former captain of AB de Villiers South Africa. Now all have retired from the cricket department.

Mr 360 AB de Villiers of IPL has retired from all cricket.

South Africa redefined the art of batting in the T20s and spent 11 years with Royal Challengers Bangalore.

In a video posted by Royal Challengers Bangalore, he said, "I think I have become half Indian in the last few years and I am very proud of it.

Half Indian. Absolutely entertaining. Adios, ABD.

The 37-year-old pulled the plug on all forms of cricket on Friday, ending a relationship that went beyond cricket and connected the hearts of South Africans and millions of Indians.

No foreign cricketer has made a controversial impact and developed that kind of bond as de Villiers played in the Indian Premier League for the B7angalore franchise. David Warner and Hyderabad — we know where it is going — and Kieron Pollard and Mumbai may be eligible competitors. But there was one man who redefined batting boundaries in T20 cricket and became the face of the infinite fandom, the RCB's Golden Boy who, despite not winning the silverware for the franchise for 11 years, single-handedly took RCB fans to an impossible world. Every time he went to the crease, the reality of the team's poor performance came to him every year.

This is the first time since De Villiers wore an RCB jersey in April 2011 after spending three years at the Delhi Daredevils. At number four, his unbeaten 54 off 40 balls, including five sixes, was followed by his team's 162 against the Kochi Tuskers.

And thus began the ABD-RCB era.

Over the next decade, de Villiers almost single-handedly continued to win matches or hope to win from a seemingly hopeless situation. The numbers never fully add talent, but they still say: 5,162 IPL runs in 184 matches - four of them, 491 for Bangalore - with a strike rate above 151 and an average of just under 40 in fickle form, where nine-ball 20 is very valuable. Except for the quiet season of 2017, not once has de Villiers gone below 30 for the RCB average. De Villiers is the sixth highest run-scorer in the IPL, after Virat Kohli, who has scored the most runs for his franchise, with whom he had a terrific partnership on the field and saw a charming bromance. Exchange "Love You" notes on Twitter after De Villiers' announcement. The Proteas batsman has hit 251 sixes in the league, second only to Chris Gayle's 357, while fourth in the IPL, he is joint fourth with Rohit Sharma.

But all these figures fade away at once: 360. Exploring every possible angle on the cricket field, de Villiers revolutionized the art of batting and the concept of geometry in the T20 format. Standing in front of the stumps, sweating profusely under his helmet, staring at the field like a bazaar, couldn't he do anything? Move out of the off-stump, get down on one knee and take the ball towards the penalty; Or stay still, swing the bat and move to the other side. Press the right foot deep inside the crease and own the point territory; Or pull out to the left and touch the covers. Dance down the wicket to hit them straight; Or sit back and sweep them hard. Slog them from the corner of the cow; Or pull out the hook. Mr. 360 and his endless possibilities of making shots. Over the years, the IPL has erected a grand stage of AB spectacle and has not spared any bowler from this show. Jaspreet Bumrah was not even in the Mumbai Heat in the afternoon when he scored an unbeaten one hundred and thirty five runs against Mumbai Indians in 2015. Dwayne Bravo is not even the Gujarat Lions as he scored 129 off fifty two balls in a double century partnership with Kohli in 2016. Not even his country's Dale Steyn when he chased down Hyderabad's 156 to give his side a fifty-nine / 4 victory. Seven years ago, he scored 89 off 41 balls at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

In an unforgivable competitive league where even the biggest players are left behind in a hat trick, de Villiers was the all-season man of the RCB and the all-star of the IPL.

Eleven years have passed since then, "de Villiers said in a statement.

Mr 360 of World Cricket was the former captain of AB de Villiers South Africa. Now all have retired from the cricket department.

Mr 360 AB de Villiers of IPL has retired from all cricket.

South Africa redefined the art of batting in the T20s and spent 11 years with Royal Challengers Bangalore.

In a video posted by Royal Challengers Bangalore, he said, "I think I have become half Indian in the last few years and I am very proud of it.

Half Indian. Absolutely entertaining. Adios, ABD.

The 37-year-old pulled the plug on all forms of cricket on Friday, ending a relationship that went beyond cricket and connected the hearts of South Africans and millions of Indians.

No foreign cricketer has made a controversial impact and developed that kind of bond as de Villiers played in the Indian Premier League for the Bangalore franchise. David Warner and Hyderabad - we know where it is going - and Kieron Pollard and Mumbai may be eligible competitors. But there was one man who redefined batting boundaries in T20 cricket and became the face of the infinite fandom, the RCB's Golden Boy who, despite not winning the silverware for the franchise for 11 years, single-handedly took RCB fans to an impossible world. Every time he went to the crease, the reality of the team's poor performance came to him every year.

This is the first time since De Villiers wore an RCB jersey in April 2011 after spending three years at the Delhi Daredevils. At number four, his unbeaten 54 off 40 balls, including five sixes, was followed by his team's 162 against the Kochi Tuskers.

And thus began the ABD-RCB era.

Over the next decade, de Villiers almost single-handedly continued to win matches or hope to win from a seemingly hopeless situation. The numbers never fully add talent, but they still say: 5,162 IPL runs in 184 matches - four of them, 491 for Bangalore - with a strike rate above 151 and an average of just under 40 in fickle form, where nine-ball 20 is very valuable. Except for the quiet season of 2017, not once has de Villiers gone below 30 for the RCB average. De Villiers is the sixth highest run-scorer in the IPL, after Virat Kohli, who has scored the most runs for his franchise, with whom he had a terrific partnership on the field and saw a charming bromance. Exchange "Love You" notes on Twitter after De Villiers' announcement. The Proteas batsman has hit 251 sixes in the league, second only to Chris Gayle's 357, while fourth in the IPL, he is joint fourth with Rohit Sharma.

But all these figures fade away at once: 360. Exploring every possible angle on the cricket field, de Villiers revolutionized the art of batting and the concept of geometry in the T20 format. Standing in front of the stumps, sweating profusely under his helmet, staring at the field like a bazaar, couldn't he do anything? Move out of the off-stump, get down on one knee and take the ball towards the penalty; Or stay still, swing the bat and move to the other side. Press the right foot deep inside the crease and own the point territory; Or pull out to the left and touch the covers. Dance down the wicket to hit them straight; Or sit back and sweep them hard. Slog them from the corner of the cow; Or pull out the hook. Mr. 360 and his endless possibilities of making shots. Over the years, the IPL has erected a grand stage of AB spectacle and has not spared any bowler from this show. Jaspreet Bumrah was not even in the Mumbai Heat in the afternoon when he scored an unbeaten one hundred and thirty five runs against Mumbai Indians in 2015. Dwayne Bravo is not even the Gujarat Lions as he scored 129 off fifty two balls in a double century partnership with Kohli in 2016. Not even his country's Dale Steyn when he chased down Hyderabad's 156 to give his side a fifty-nine / 4 victory. Seven years ago, he scored 89 off 41 balls at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

In an unforgivable competitive league where even the biggest players are left behind in a hat trick, de Villiers was the all-season man of the RCB and the all-star of the IPL.

Eleven years have passed since then, "de Villiers said in a statement.