There are only a handful of cricketers in the world that are loved as much as South Africa's AB de Villiers. However, the murmurs were put to bed after Cricket South Africa on Tuesday confirmed that de Villiers will not be coming out of retirement. Numerous calls urging de Villiers to come out of retirement for the upcoming T20 World Cup picked up pace during IPL 2021, where the wicketkeeper-batsman showed remarkable form with the bat. I'm so unlucky as a cricket fan that I couldn't see my idols #RahulDravid and #ABdeVilliers winning the World Cup. Dravid wasn't part of India's 2011 World Cup winning campaign and AB's team got knocked out of 2015 World Cup semi-final due to rain.

Source: Hindustan Times May 18, 2021 16:18 UTC