The South African legend and Kohli formed the backbone of RCB’s batting for nearly a decade in the IPL. The partnership eventually came to an end after the former announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in November last year.
On the RCB podcast, the former Proteas skipper opened up about his relationship with Kohli and said:
De Villiers ended his IPL career with 5162 runs in 184 matches at an average of 39.70 and a strike rate of 151.68. He has three hundreds and 40 fifties to his name in the T20 league.
“Thought he was a bit cocky when he was younger” - AB de Villiers on first impression of Kohli
Looking back at his first impression of Kohli, De Villiers said that he viewed the former India captain as someone who had a lot of swagger when he was younger.
Stating that he never held it against Kohli, the 37-year-old explained:
The South African legend had a mixed IPL 2021 season for the RCB, scoring 313 runs, including two fifties, in 15 games at a strike rate of 148.34.
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