South African super batsman AB de Villiers is one of the highly rated cricketers ever and have grown fan base all across the world with his super-human batting skills.
The player has earned plaudits from critics and fans as he can play the versatile game and he is the complete batsman when it comes to adapting to all the formats. He can play test cricket as a test batsman, ODIs and T20Is as a limited overs batsman as he calculates the risk and scores accordingly.
It is no wonder he is arguably a complete player since the invention of T20 cricket, but there have been insights about his brilliance beyond cricket. Often you might have read the proficiency of AB de Villiers in games other than cricket in various social networks.
Some of the posts across these social networks said that AB de Villiers has excelled in other games like Rugby, Hockey, Football and various others and have also won few scholarly awards in his school.
Here are some of the achievements that were earlier mentioned in social media:
** Shortlisted to the National junior Hockey squad
** Shortlisted to the National junior Football squad
** Captain of the Junior Rugby squad
** Member of South Africa’s junior Davis Cup tennis team.
**Holder of six school swimming records
** Fastest 100m running by a South African junior
** A scratch golfer
** Under 19 Badminton Champ
** Won national medal for science project from Nelson Mandela
However, in his autobiography, AB de Villiers have ruled out all these claims although he was occasionally ranked No.1 in his age group in tennis, but never a member of any junior side.
This came as a surprise as the news have taken rounds all across the world for the awesomeness of AB de Villiers. However, in his book “AB: The Autobiography”, the legendary batsman has made sure that the facts remain despite all the rumors that were popularized over the past one year.
However, the records and plaudits he earned in cricket itself is enough for his greatness as he single-handedly revolutionized the game with his innovation which earned him the nickname ‘Mr. 360’.