T20I career:
While the champion player aced both the ODI and Test rankings, he was a bit less devastating, compared to his standards, playing for the national side in the shortest format. His best T20 ranking was 14 and he retired with a T20 ranking of 31, which are in no way close to his ODI(2) and Test(6) rankings at the time of retirement.
In the 75 innings that he played for South Africa, de Villiers scored 1672 runs with an average of 26.12. For reasons unknown, his strike rate of 135.16 in international T20 matches is less than his overall T20 strike rate of 147.91.
In spite of him not meeting his standard in T20Is, his mere presence in the team was a cause of concern for the opposition as everyone is well aware of his capabilities.
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