South Africa must do anything to win the T20 World Cup, including exploring the option of bringing back the great AB de Villiers from retirement, former player Jonty Rhodes has suggested. (More Cricket News)
The 36-year-old de Villiers hasn't played international cricket for nearlyꦦ two years, having an💯nounced his retirement in May 2018. It was later revealed that he made an offer to play the 50-over World Cup last year, but was turned down by the national selectors.
"I'm a big fan of AB de Villiers. I'm just not sure of the prece📖dent. If you want to win a T20 World Cup, you should do anyth🔴ing to win it," Rhodes was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
"I suppose a lot of people watch how he performed at the IPL but𝄹 just watching him in the Big Bash, he's such a class pl⛦ayer."
The ICC T20 World Cup 2020 will commence from October 18 and 🃏conclude on November 15 in Australia.
"I think it's interestin⭕g because it's a tough call. You want your best team to pla🅰y, it's also tough on the guys who then miss out. You know AB is a very special player so then do you set a precedent for a guy like AB de Villiers if he is not playing for South Africa, I mean why are you selecting him."
One of the game's best fielders, R🅷hodes, however, also felt a move like calling de Villiers back may mean leaving out a player who would b🌺e in contention in the lead-up to the tournament.
"You a🤪re not breaking any rules, you are setting a slight precedent and you are going to be upsetting a few players who are going to miss out. But a team without AB de Villiers or a team with AB de Villiers... I'd love to see that guy play," Rhodes said.
He added, "Although difficult to answer that because I'm not somebody who is missing🅺 out, I'm also not fro🌌m the administration about setting this kind of precedent, so I don't have to make that call.
"It'll ♏just be great to see AB de Villiers play at a World Cup again for us," he said.
