Published: Oct 11, 2015, 12:48 PM (IST)
Edited: Oct 11, 2015, 01:07 PM (IST)
It was such an innings that even a capacity Indian home crowd at Kanpur couldn’t stop appreciating it. AB de Villiers heaved one over the mid-wicket fence in the last ball of the South African innings to not only help his side go past 300 but also bring up his 21st hundred in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). Coming into bat in the 24th over, after opener Hashim Amla was cleaned-up by Amit Mishra, de Villiers went on to score an unbeaten 104 from only 73-balls, an innings that contained five fours and six sixes. [Pick of the tweets: India vs South Africa, 1st ODI at Kanpur]
Earlier, de Villiers brought up his half-century from 54-balls and went on to score the next 54 from only 17-balls. He was particularly severe on the seam bowling trio of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and Stuart Binny. The de Villiers show helped South Africa to 303 for 5 from 50 overs. [Live streaming: India vs South Africa 2015, 1st ODI at Kanpur]
The de Villiers blitz was hailed on Twitter and received applauds from all over the world. We bring you the best of the tweets.
The ABD show. 1st @Paytm ODI #INDvsSA https://t.co/i1XU3bHCYL
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 11, 2015
What a player!!! @ABdeVilliers17 … #Superman #cricketer @OfficialCSA. You define #consistency and #batting #INDvSA @Paytm ODI series
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) October 11, 2015
The greatest I have seen #AB #IndvsSA
— Suvajit Mustafi (@RibsGully) October 11, 2015
Best all round player in the world… Absolutely no question … @ABdeVilliers17 #Fact — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 11, 2015
Highest average as captain in ODIs (Min. 25 inns) 69.73 ABD 56.35 MSD 51.66 Morgan 48.14 Bagai 47.45 Sangakkara 45.75 M Clarke #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 11, 2015
Is there anything @ABdeVilliers17 can’t do? Brilliant innings bringing his 100 up & teams 300 in one blow. #INDvSA — Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) October 11, 2015
Cuttack, I think you should learn from Kanpur ! Standing ovation for @ABdeVilliers17 ! UP crowd getting refined ! — vikram sathaye (@vikramsathaye) October 11, 2015
For the information of SA cricket fans, @ABdeVilliers17 is a folk hero in India. Precisely for the way he made his superb century today… — Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 11, 2015
Great finishing by @ABdeVilliers17 and @fudgie11. Taking a good score to a very good score! #Proteas — Albie Morkel (@albiemorkel) October 11, 2015
AB de Villiers leads his side to 303 runs in the 1st ODI against India FOLLOW LIVE: http://t.co/O7Qptp91Ko #IndvSA pic.twitter.com/EZSRf3GXx7 — ICC (@ICC) October 11, 2015
All hail ABD! You got to admire his ability to adapt to conditions & shift gears when needed, gets his 100 with a 6. SA finish 303-5 #INDvSA — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 11, 2015
On 98, with one ball remaining, the milestone for AB de Villiers was always gonna be 104. #INDvSA — Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) October 11, 2015
5th ODI century for AB de Villiers in India. Only Gayle (6) has more ODI 100s in India among visiting batsmen! #IndvsSA — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) October 11, 2015
A brilliant 104* by AB de Villiers leads SA to a score of 303/5 in their quota of 50 overs. Team India have a tough task ahead. #INDvSA — Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) October 11, 2015
AB de Villiers’ last seven inns in ODIs in India: 104*. 52, 25, 134, 107*, 102*, 114* via @cricket_U pic.twitter.com/k5HYIECOW5 — Cricketopia.com (@Cricketopia) October 11, 2015
@BCCI @OfficialCSA @ABdeVilliers17 AB,D what an incredible cricketer. Yet again leading from the front just brilliant. Great knock Farhaan — Allan Donald (@AllanDonald33) October 11, 2015
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