De Villiers still has the hunger to play international cricket.
South African batting superstar AB de Villiers has been in the news for long over his comeback to the international arena and even reports suggest that he would play in the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup.
There were reports and even the former Proteas captain admitted that he will soon come out of his international retirement and even will represent his country in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2020 to be held in Australia in October-November.
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However, at the moment, the showpiece event itself is in doubt due to the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic and De Villiers doesn’t want to commit to anything right now.
As per reports in India Today, De Villiers said: “Yes, things might change if the tournament [T20 World Cup] gets postponed to 2021, I don’t know. To be honest, it is something I don’t want to commit to at the moment because of past experiences… really getting hurt in the past.”
He further added, “I sort of burnt myself in the past by committing to certain things I wasn’t 100% sure of… not communicating as well as I wanted to, to the right people at the right time.”
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Meanwhile, one of the greatest batsmen of the modern era also revealed that Mark Boucher asked him during MSL 2019 that if he has still some cricket left in him that can help South Africa.
De Villiers signed off, “He asked me where does this come from and why do I love the game so much. He asked me ‘Doesn’t it mean you still have a story to tell at the international level?’. I told him ‘I have never closed that book I always wanted to play’. I had some obstacles to cover in the last 3-4 years from a personal point of view. I always loved playing cricket and always loved hitting the cricket ball. There were a lot of other factors involved with me not contributing to the game as much as I should have,”
(With India Today Inputs)