TAKE A BOW! @ABdeVilliers17 at his brilliant best again as he gets the 2nd fastest century in #CWC history #SSCricket pic.twitter.com/xDcRBYhNyZ
— SuperSport (@SuperSportTV) February 27, 2015
The Captain has taken a stand… and what a stand it has been! AB de Villiers provided one of the fastest knocks in World Cup History today after he scored 162 runs of 64 balls, and remained undefeated on this total.
The amazing facts and figures of this inning, have ensured AB goes down in cricket history as being the player who scored the fastest 150 runs in the One Day International format.
This innings, coupled with ‘El Capitano’s’ 149 runs total against the West Indies earlier this year, show just how deadly the Protea’s can be. With the knock from AB, the South Africans ended off their game on a total off 408 after 50 overs.
The West Indian’s were bowled out for 151/10 after 33.1 overs. South Africa won their third World Cup game by 257 runs.
South African Legend, Shaun Pollock articulates the innings perfectly.
Float like a butterfly, sting like AB! — Shaun Pollock (@7polly7) February 27, 2015
Captain, diverse sportsman, all-round great guy, and apparently a model as well.
#FunFact AB de Villiers once took Virat Kohli on in a walk-off, in India, and won. pic.twitter.com/ENz9t5YzmI— Ben Karpinski (@followthebounce) February 27, 2015
Although he did not win against Kholi in the previous match-up, the Proteas more than made up for it today.
Just so you know, AB was feeling a bit under the weather last night.
And @ABdeVilliers17 suffered gastro last night?! Swopping stinky runs for winning runs! That’s gees. #ProteaFire– Eusebius McKaiser (@Eusebius) February 27, 2015
Oh, and just so you know…
AB de Villiers holds the fastest 150 off just 62 balls & currently holds records for the fastest 50, 100 & 150 in ODI #ProteaFire#SAvWI— c∕̴ƖπϞ Götze (@360degreeANN) February 27, 2015
And finally, some advice to our government…
SA should seriously consider getting #ABDevilliers to fix our poverty, energy , race ,xenophobia ,unemployment & crime problems #ProteaFire— Ashraf Garda (@AshrafGarda) February 27, 2015
