#5 AB de Villiers - Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils

With the second season of the Indian Premier League was organised in South Africa, the fans expected the overseas batsmen to perform better. And they were proved right as the South African batsman AB de Villiers scored the first century of the season against MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings. De Villiers scored 105 runs off 54 balls which included 5 fours and 6 sixes to help Delhi beat Chennai by 9 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore signed de Villiers before the 2011 season and that signing changed his career. He evolved as a player and changed the way and technique of batting in T20 cricket with his unconventional strokes.
AB has smashed 2 centuries (vs Mumbai Indians, 2015 and vs Gujarat Lions, 2016) for RCB apart from his innumerable match-winning contributions. The stalwart has been one cornerstone of RCB since the last 7 years.

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