South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has hinted on the potential return of AB de Villiers to the nationwide facet forward of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021, which is scheduled to happen in India from October.
Notably, de Villiers introduced his worldwide retirement nearly three years in the past, nevertheless, the former South Africa captain has continued to play in T20 leagues the world over over time and has displayed superlative kind within the shortest format and his power-packed performances within the IPL 2020 for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) had sparked the speculations of his return the South Africa cricket workforce for the T20 World Cup in 2020, which was postponed by an yr due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, Boucher has revealed that the dialogue to convey again AB de Villiers into worldwide cricket continues to be on and he’s going to have a chat with him after the top of IPL 2021.
“I did chat to him before he went to the IPL. The conversation is still very much open. AB, being the person he is, wants to perform very well at the IPL to prove to himself and everyone else that he is still a very key figure in world cricket and could dominate at that level,” Mark Boucher was quoted by iol.ca.za as saying.
Boucher additionally revealed that he’s going to have a chat with AB de Villiers over the matter after IPL 2021. “I said to him: ‘Go do your thing, and I’ll give you a shout towards the back-end of the IPL.’ So that is where we are with him,” Mark Boucher additional mentioned.
Interestingly, ABD performed a match-winning 48 runs off 27 balls in opposition to Mumbai Indians within the IPL 2021 opener and his innings in the end helped Virat Kohli’s facet to register a two-wicket win in opposition to the defending champions at Chepauk in Chennai.
