AB de Villiers Scored 41-Ball Century At The Age of 41 in WCL

South Africa Champions faced England Champions in the 8th match of the World Championship of Legends on Thursday, July 24. England finished with 152 runs for the loss of six wickets.

Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers opened the innings for South Africa. Amla remained unbeaten on 29 runs off 25 deliveries, while de Villiers created mayhem at the other end. de Villiers took 41 deliveries to reach his century and finished not out on 116 runs off 51 deliveries.

South Africa won the match by 10 wickets and registered their third win of the season. The de Villiers-led side is in first position currently and will play the next two games against Pakistan Champions and Australia Champions, respectively.

AB de Villiers Hit The Second-Most Fours In An Innings

In his innings of 116 runs, de Villiers hit 15 fours and seven sixes. de Villiers played 340 T20 matches during his career and scored 9424 runs at an average of 37.24. Three out of his four centuries came in the IPL. His highest individual score came against the Mumbai Indians in 2015 as he remained unbeaten on 133 runs off 59 deliveries. He hit 19 fours and four sixes in this game. It is still the joint-highest number of fours hit by a batter in an innings in IPL.

de Villiers played 78 T20Is for South Africa and amassed 1672 runs at an average of 26.12 and a strike rate of 135.16. In IPL, de Villiers scored 5162 runs in 184 matches at an average of 39.70 and a strike rate of 151.68.

In the WCL game, de Villiers hit 15 fours, which is the second-highest number of fours that he has hit in a T20 game. Here’s AB de Villiers’s T20 record: