Cricketers and fans go crazy as AB de Villiers announces retirement from international cricket

It was too much for Twitter to digest as AB de Villiers announced retirement from international cricket.

It was all too sudden for cricket fans to come to terms with. The way AB de Villiers posted a video message on his Twitter account announcing his retirement from all forms of International cricket came as a shock to the entire cricketing fraternity.

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With 20,014 Runs, 47 Centuries and 109 fifties in a total of 420 Matches, ABD is a true modern great. He is probably the best limited overs batsman to have played the game from South Africa.

What increased the shock value for the fans was that ABD called it a day to international cricket with the 2019 World Cup just round the corner.

ABD could have easily retired from Test cricket and continued as a limited overs specialist but he decided otherwise. The greatness of the man is evident from the fact that he said and believes that it’s either everything or nothing when it comes to International cricket.

Twitter was in a state of frenzy as it reacted to ABD’s decision: