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Follow UsAB De Villiers marks the end of an Era after announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket. The South African legend took social media to announce his retirement on Friday. De Villiers retired from the international forms of cricket back in 2018. This time he chose to retire from all the forms of cricket. The 37-year-old cricketer was playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in IPL. Started playing in 2011, he was clearly one of the strongest backbones of the team. He supported and contributed for the team to reach 5 playoffs.
However, now we will see his records and stats in detail for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL.
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Records of AB De Villiers for Royal Challengers Bangalore :
Matches Played: 156
Runs Scored: 4491 runs
Average: 39.70
Strike Rate: 151.68
50's: 37
100's: 2
Catches: 96
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AB De Villiers has scored 4491 runs for RCB in a total of 156 matches including 11 seasons( since 2011). However, the 37-year old has also smashed 37 half-centuries and 2 centuries for RCB in the league. His average was near about 40 in the league with a whopping strike rate of 151.68. AB De Villiers's highest score is 133* and that came against Mumbai Indians in the 2015 edition for RCB.
Also, he is the second-highest run-scorer behind his RCB teammate, Virat Kohli. He is the record holder for the second and the third-highest individual run total in the history of RCB as well.
De Villiers also has kept the wickets for RCB on such occasions. In which, he grabs 96 catches for his team. He has been a finisher par excellence, hitting a sublime hundred in Mumbai in 2015 and another in Bengaluru against Gujarat Lions in 2016. With Virat Kohli, AB has posted five 100+ partnerships for RCB and two 200+ partnerships, the only pair in the world to post two such partnerships. He made 687 runs in 2016, finishing third on the runs chart.
N.B: The stats are accurate as of 19/11/2021.