5 cricketers who disappointed in 2016

#2 AB de Villiers – ODIs

De Villiers averaged 42.37 in ODIs this year. Not bad, right? Yet, the lofty standards that AB de Villiers has made for himself, he was expected to do much better than just two fifty-plus scores in 11 ODIs. 2015 was a watershed year for ABD: five centuries and five fifties, at an astonishing average of 79.53. Also included in that was the fastest hundred ever, a knock that flattened the West Indian team beyond repair.

Injuries proved to be another major hindrance to a year that could have turned into something entirely different, given that he was handed the captaincy and looked set to turn a new page in his career. Hopefully, 2017 turns out to be a lot better.