Overview

• De Villiers named Jacques Kallis, Andrew Flintoff, Mohammad Asif, Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar as the best Test cricketers he played with or against.
• He responded "Sorry, Virat" when reminded that Virat Kohli was not on his list during the Beard Before Wicket podcast.
• Kallis was praised as the best all-rounder or possibly the best cricketer of all time in De Villiers' view.
• De Villiers called Asif the best seamer he ever faced and described Warne's aura and style as artistic rather than the most difficult for him personally.
• He highlighted Flintoff's big-match pedigree, citing the Edgbaston yorker to Kallis, and separately reflected on his strong on-field partnership with Kohli at RCB.