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Friend in me trumped the captain: Faf du Plessis on ABD's retirement

AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis are known to share a strong friendship that goes back to their days in age-group cricket

IPL 2020: ABD and I have never felt this calm, says Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli feels that the upcoming edition of IPL will be a level playing field for everyone as there would be no "home and away advantage"

IPL 2020: Check Royal Challengers Bangalore schedule, match timing, venue

RCB's performance in last two IPL seasons has been rather dismal - it finished eighth in IPL 2019 and sixth in IPL 2018

IPL auction: Full RCB players' list and their salaries for 2020 season

RCB has added a top-order batsman in Australia limited over captain Aaron Finch for Rs 4.4 crore who will add the firepower along with with Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers

IPL 2020: Youngsters will feel less pressure in empty stadium, says Katich

RCB head coach Simon Katich feels empty stadiums could be a challenge for the senior cricketers in IPL 2020

First training session was good, kept basics in place: AB de Villiers

RCB batsman AB de Villiers described his first training session as "really good" as he kept all his basics in place

IPL 2020: Virat Kohli shares picture of his RCB gear on social media

Kohli shared a photo on his Instagram story, which had five bats and a pair of red-coloured pads all packed. Kohli also used the emoticons 'fingers crossed' and 'love' for the picture

AB de Villiers was in line to make comeback with T20 World Cup: de Kock

South Africa's captain in the shortest format, Quinton de Kock, has said AB de Villiers could have come out of international retirement for now postponed T20 World Cup

IPL 2020: Cricket South Africa to issue NOCs to ten Proteas players

We are awaiting final confirmation from BCCI regarding being the host nation, says Emirates Cricket Board

Missed cricket badly: de Villiers after scoring 24-ball fifty in 3TC match

I was very happy to play cricket after such a long time and it was great fun as I always enjoy coming out on top, says AB de Villiers, who is eyeing a comeback South Africa national cricket team

Team AB de Villiers wins 1st 3TCricket as live cricket returns to S Africa

AB de Villiers played a glittering innings of 61 runs off 24 balls, stitching up a century stand with an equally attacking Aiden Markram (70 runs off 33 balls) to win the gold medal

South Africa 3TC cricket: Know format, live telecast, squads, timings here

The match is played between three teams of eight players each, and all the action happens in 36 overs which means every team get 12 overs to bat. Check South Africa's 3TC rules, squads, live telecast

Challenging to bowl against Steve Smith, AB de Villiers: Kuldeep Yadav

Kuldeep Yadav, who went through a prolonged lean patch in 2019, said both the batsmen have unique abilities

Live cricket in S Africa to resume from Jul 18 with match between 3 teams

The postponed '3TCricket' competition, which would mark the resumption of live cricket in South Africa following the coronavirus-forced break, will be held on July 18. The Solidarity Cup, which will see 24 of South Africa's top cricketers feature in three teams playing two halves in a single match, was scheduled to be held on June 27 but was postponed indefinitely after CSA felt more work was needed to stage it. The teams that will take part in the match are the Eagles, to be captained by AB de Villiers, Kingfishers, to be led by Kagiso Rabada and the Kites, which will have Quinton de Kock as skipper. The announcement of the new date comes a day after South Africa's 44 cricketers, who are part of a men's high performance squad, returned to training amid the COVID-19 pandemic after getting approval from the country's sports ministry. "It's very exciting to get live cricket, featuring our top players, back on our TV screens again," said CSA Acting Chief Executive Dr. Jacques Faul in

'It hurt too much': AB de Villiers recalls losing to NZ in 2015 WC semis

Former South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers has recalled the moment when the Proteas were sent crashing out of the 2015 World Cup semi-final at the hands of New Zealand.

South Africa announces return to cricket with experimental 3-team format

The Solidarity Cup will be the showcase event for the brand-new cricket format which sees 24 of South Africa's top cricketers in three teams, playing two halves in one match.

Here's why AB de Villiers compared Kohli, Smith with Federer and Nadal

IPL not just a tournament but also about friendship, says AB de Villiers

Rahul enjoys keeping, says still finds difficult to keep against Bumrah

K L Rahul also said that the 2016 IPL with the Royal Challengers Bangalore was a 'career-defining season' for him

AB de Villiers denies reports of being approached to lead South Africa

AB de Villiers has retired from all forms of international cricket in 2018 but there has been talk of a return in the national team

AB de Villiers wants to play ICC T20 World Cup only if he is in top-form

The former Proteas skipper played 114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20s for the national side before his retirement in 2018