Haroon Lorgat congratulates South Africa and A B DeVilliers

Haroon Lorgat congratulates South Africa and A B DeVilliers

A B DeVilliers has achieved the feat in just 182 innings © Getty Images

A B DeVilliers has become the fastest man to score 8000 ODI runs and in the match he achieved the feat South Africa won against New Zealand and also sealed the series. Cricket South Africa (CSA) is jubilant on the success of both the team and star performer DeVilliers. It applauded the performance of both South Africa and DeVilliers. South Africa now rank third in the latest ICC ODI team rankings after Australia and India. De Villiers has an impressive average of 53.27 and strike rate of 99.16 in one day cricket and is widely regarded as the best batsman in the world currently. READ: AB de Villiers’ rapid 64 helps South Africa beat New Zealand by 62 runs in 3rd ODI; Seal series 2-1

In a conversation with supersport.com CSA Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said, “Congratulations to the Castle Lager Proteas on their series win which sees them overtake New Zealand into the No 3 spot on the ICC ODI rankings and also to AB de Villiers on becoming the fastest player to score 8 000 ODI runs. AB has achieved this landmark in 18 innings quicker than anybody else. That speaks volumes of AB’s talents that we must never take for granted. It has been a tough series against New Zealand who are this year’s World Cup finalists. We feel our ODI squad and especially our fringe players are on the right track. Playing international cricket in August has also been a huge success and I would like to congratulate our affiliates and ground staffs who made these matches possible. We will realise the true value in time.” ALSO READ: AB de Villiers becomes fastest cricketer to reach 8,000 ODI runs