AB de Villiers on MS Dhoni: “I will play him in my team every day of every year”

Dixit Bhargav | 21/10/2018
AB de Villiers on MS Dhoni

AB de Villiers on MS Dhoni: In a recent interview, former South African captain was wax lyrical about Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

AB de Villiers, former South African captain and an absolute legend of a cricketer, recently reaped praises about former India captain and current wicket-keeper batsman in Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

In the midst of a lean patch with the bat, Dhoni has allured severe criticism from former cricketers and fans in India. Numbers are evidence to the fact that the year 2018 has been worst for Dhoni in ODIs.

That being said, he has received support from numerous corners regarding his batting form. As far as his place in the ODI side is concerned, chief selectors MSK Prasad had earlier announced that Dhoni is their No. 1 wicket-keeper, at least till the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

In a recent interview with The Quint, de Villiers was of the opinion that Dhoni will always be a part of his team. de Villiers also ended up praising Dhoni for his fantastic record in international level.

“You guys are funny. No, I would play MS Dhoni in my team every day of every year. He can be 80 (years old), I ensure he will play for my team. He is fantastic I mean look at his record. You want to drop a guy like that? You can go ahead by all means. I wouldn’t,” de Villiers was quoted as saying about the 37-year old Indian wicket-keeper.

Dhoni is currently part of the Indian squad which is taking on Windies. Despite his poor form this year, Dhoni is all in likeliness of breaking as many as seven records in this series.

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Dhoni below:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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