AB de Villiers Unveils His All-Time IPL XI
The selection spans the league’s inaugural season to its current stars to reflect de Villiers’s enduring impact
Overview
- He revealed his all-time IPL XI during an appearance on the Subhankar Mishra podcast
- His batting lineup features Rohit Sharma and Matthew Hayden as openers, followed by Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, de Villiers himself, Hardik Pandya, and MS Dhoni as captain and wicketkeeper
- The pace attack is led by Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga, with spin duties assigned to Yuzvendra Chahal and Daniel Vettori
- He surprised many observers by naming himself among the top five batters in his own eleven
- Fresh off captaining the South Africa Legends to the World Championship of Legends title, de Villiers continues engaging fans through commentary and his YouTube channel and has ruled out returning as an IPL player