Ab de villiers and virt kohli AB de Villiers, a former South African cricket, revealed that his initial reluctance to Virat Kohl has turned into a close friendship after becoming a teammate in Royal Challengers Bengalur (RCB) in the Premier League (IPL). Revelation came after Kohli’s retirement announcement from the test cricket 12. May 2025, which closed its 14 -year career, which began in 2011.De Villiers explained that their similar competitive nature initially created a barrier between them as they played as opponents.“Virat is one of my cricket brothers, someone I really liked to get to know him better. It’s an absolute pain against which I can play, so before I knew him, he didn’t like him much because he was so good and so competitive, very similar to me with this competitive nature,” De Villiers said.De Villiers further elaborated his competitive nature and how it influenced their relationship in the field.
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Quiz: Who is the IPL player?“We really like victory and we liked to attract our weight in the team environment and if something threatens to usually bring the aggressive body language and the one that attacks back, and that’s exactly what the virat was like playing,” De Villiers said.Their relationship developed significantly after becoming a teammate in RCB.
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“Then I met him at RCB, I had to get to know him much better. We became family friends, we became brothers, and we also became great partners in the goal when we played together, I really understood and I probably enjoyed every second with him,” De Villiers added.De Villiers joined RCB in 2011 after his stint with Delhi Daredevils (now Dilli Capitals) and played for franchise for 11 seasons until retirement after the IPL 2021 season.The partnership between Kohli and De Villiers turned out to be one of the most successful in the history of IPL. It holds a record for the highest runs scorned as a couple and accumulates 3 123 runs out of 76 matches, including the 10th century partnership.
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