South African legend AB de Villiers has opened up about its turbulent time with the now defunct Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) and called its early IPL for the bittersweet chapters shrouded in internal chaos. Although it boasts a number of cricket legends, Delhi never got around the semifinals during the stint de Villiers from 2008 to 2010.“There were many poisonous characters in this team,” De Villiers revealed in an interview with Cricket.com. “I wouldn’t like to give you names – burned people, you know – but Delhi Daredevils were in ruins.”Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!De Villiers performed Play -off with Delh in 2008 and 2009 and was one of the team’s standout and recorded 465 runs in South Africa in 2009 in 2009. His role, however, in 2010 decreased and his surprise was in the auction fund before 2011.
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“I thought I’d be a man,” he remembered. “Then, suddenly, I wasn’t playing again … I was told I was going to be preserved, and then I saw myself in the auction for the next minute. I didn’t even know what had happened. So many strange things were happening.”
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Despite the bitter fallout, de Villiers kindly remembers that he shares a dressing room with icons like Glenn McGrath and Daniel Vettori. “Some of the highlights of my life and career came during this stint,” he said.De Villiers became one of the most popular and successful players in the history of IPL with Royal Challengers Bengaluru and accumulated over 5,000 runs. “On the day I walked into RCB, I felt as if they wanted me,” he said. “You become a great player with us – you’re part of the family.”
