IPL: AB de Villiers opens onto the “tumultuous” era of Delhi Darevils; said “Many toxic characters from this team” | Cricket news
The South African legend AB de Villiers spoke of its tumultuous time with the Delhi daredevils, now disappeared (now Delhi Capitals), qualifying its first years IPL a soft chapter a experienced by internal chaos. Despite a range of cricket legends, Delhi never exceeded the semi-finals during the passage of De Villiers from 2008 to 2010.“There were a lot of poisonous characters in this team,” said Villiers in an interview with Cricket.com. “I would hate giving you names – burning people, you know – but Delhi’s goals were in ruins.”Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!De Villiers made the playoffs with Delhi in 2008 and 2009 and was one of the team’s outside competitions, marking 465 points in the 2009 season held in South Africa. However, his role decreased in 2010 and, to his surprise, he found himself in the auction basin before 2011.
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“I thought I was going to be the man,” he recalls. “Then, all of a sudden, I no longer played … I was told that I would be kept, then the next minute, I saw myself in the auction. I did not even know what had happened. So many strange things happened.”
Despite the bitter repercussions, from Villiers remembers with emotion to share the locker room with icons like Glenn McGrath and Daniel Vettori. “Some of the protruding facts of my life and my career occurred during this passage,” he said.De Villiers has become one of the most appreciated and successful players in the history of the IPL with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, amassing more than 5,000 points. “The day I entered the RCB, I felt like they wanted me,” he said. “You will become a great player with us – you are part of the family.”
