AB de Villiers has given information about his all-time favorite playing XI. Let us tell you about this news in detail
South African star batsman AB de Villiers is counted among the legendary players of IPL. For his favorite franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore, he has scored a total of 5000 runs in 11 seasons of IPL at a strike rate of 158. In this franchise, he got a chance to play with many star players, but in his entire journey he could not get the opportunity to win the IPL trophy.
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Recently, de Villiers won the World Championship of Legends 2025 title, after which during a discussion he told his all-time favorite playing XI of IPL, in which he named many best players. De Villiers chose India captain Rohit Sharma and Matthew Hayden for opening.
Virat Kohli is at the third position, Suryakumar Yadav at the fourth and de Villiers has nominated himself at number five. As an all-rounder option, he included Hardik Pandya in the team and at number seven, MS Dhoni was kept as wicketkeeper-batsman, who will play the role of both keeper and captain in the team.
As fast bowlers in the team, he chose yorker specialist Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga, while Daniel Vettori and Yuzvendra Chahal were selected for the spin attack.
This team is a combination of both old and new superstars, who have maintained the balance of this team with an old approach with new thinking at every level. WCL 2025 winner South Africa has become the champions, in whose final match against Pakistan, de Villiers scored a brilliant century, and became the highest run scorer of the entire tournament. de Villiers scored a total of three centuries in this tournament.
AB de Villiers’ favorite playing 11 is as follows
Rohit Sharma, Matthew Hayden, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, AB de Villiers, Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lasith Malinga, Daniel Vettori.