“It was probably the most humbling experience of my life walking out there in the final ODI against India at Wankhede Stadium (in 2015),” De Villiers said, during the launch in Johannesburg.
“I walked out there bat crowd was cheering ‘AB! AB!’ and chanting so loud that I could not even hear myself talk.
“It was happening in the whole series, but then it hit me really hard that I was very far away from home and here the people were supporting me like I was their own, yet I was playing against their own."
Former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes, who works with the Mumbain Indians in IPL, wrote in the foreword of the book: “I had heard an Indian crowd chant before, but not like this. It was freaky.”
chapter titled ‘Inspired by India’, de Villiers wrote that “the great country has provided him with so many opportunities and has become so important in his career.”
He wrote that IPL has changed international rivals into friends and that he was “embarrassed” with the price Vijay Mallya,tonce of the wealthy man, paid for him to play in RCB in the year 2011
“A few well-timed performances...may have increased my value, but whatever the reason, I was surprised and, frankly, a little embarrassed when the list of annual player salaries was published after the auction and USD 1.1 million appeared beside my name,” de Villiers SAID.
I think the entire cricket fraternity feel sad today because one of their brother,a good player is retiring today from all type of match.During his times as a players ,many people like his batting and enjoyed his match like me.
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