South Africa's AB de Villiers is remembered as one of the modern day greats especially in the white-ball cricket, be it ODIs or T20Is. If it's IPL or his own national side, De Villiers was a joy to watch. (More Cricket News)
In the Indian Premier League, ABD's batting partner was none other than star player Virat Kohli, who were friends on the field♐ as well as off it.
De Villiers explained that despite their personalities clashed on the fiedl,ꦛ they knew how to make it work when together.
"I absolutely loved battin൲g with Hashim Amla for the Proteas. I think we got some incredible partnerships toget🏅her. In T20 cricket and IPL, definitely Virat. Our personalities and our way of playing clashed a little bit. We were both very intense. Both wanted to take the game away from the opposition immediately, which sounds like the dream partnership," he said in a Q&A session on YouTube.
"Sometimes it clashes, but Virat and I know each other so wellꦡ, we managed to find a way to make it work because we understand each other's game so well. I know him so well off the field, we found a way to make that clash of personalities...,&🅷quot; De Villiers added.
AB de Villiers and Kohli sh෴ared a bond that was beyond cricket. The two batters always batted that left the opposition bowlers thinking what to do next.
"Sometimes, we would go too hard. He would get out, I would get out and all of a sudden RཧCB would be 30/3. Virat and I were fifth-sixth gear all the way guys, which paid off sometimes. In the IPL, I can think of that 200 partnership in Mumbai. At the Chinnaswamy, another 200 p🔯artnership. We always played for the team and nothing else mattered," the former South Africa captain explained.
