1. AB de Villiers playing various sports:
Former South African captain AB de Villiers has the power to hit shots all over the ground. He has not left a corner from where he has not scored a boundary. For his multi-talent, he is called as Mr. 360 degree.
When he started getting fame for his talent, rumours spread of him playing different sports. Rumours suggested that the former Proteas’ skipper held South African national records in swimming and athletics and was a tennis and badminton trained player.
In a popular chat show Breakfast with Champions, host Gaurav Kapur asked him about the infamous rumour. De Villiers in reply, label all that rumour as serious nonsense ever.
De Villiers said: “Serious nonsense ever,” before adding: “Hockey, I’ve played one year, for 12 months at school. I’ve never played a live game of football in my entire life. Never played (Badminton). I’ve played once, one game of five minutes with Mark Boucher somewhere in Bangladesh, or somewhere.
De Villiers, however, revealed that he played rugby and golf while growing up, revealing: “Rugby I played for the first time at school. Top school in my country when it comes to Rugby and cricket. I’ve played golf, I was a scratch when I was 14, 15 years old.”