5 players who aced the 2015 World Cup and will be missed in 2019

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#5 AB de Villiers

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AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers is known as a cricketer who can play all the shots in the cricketing book. Apart from that, ABD has always been a team man who even donned the wicketkeeping gloves for his side as and batted from positions ranging from Number 1 to 8 in his international career.

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AB de Villiers led the South Africans to the semi-finals of the 2015 World Cup where his side fell short due to the heroics of the Grant Elliott. De Villiers had a great time out in the 2015 World Cup as he emerged as the third highest run scorer of the tournament with 482 runs in 7 games coming at an average of 96.40. What made this more special was his strike rate of 144.31.

One of his best innings in the World Cup came against West Indies where he not only scored the 2nd fastest century in the World Cup but also recorded the fastest 150 in ODIs. 'Mr. 360' scored an unbeaten 162 off just 66 balls to take South Africa to a mammoth total of 408 for 5 in their 50 overs.

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