De Villiers 2.0- Fans left amazed as South African batter replicates AB De Villiers: WATCH

South African and cricket fans all over the world were left in complete amazement. Young Matthew De Villiers has made his domestic debut and his batting resembles former stalwart AB De Villiers. In his debut innings, the right-handed batter scored 94 runs from 134 balls. This was followed by yet another fifty in the second innings for the Warriors. 

Many fans are completely shocked by the way Matthew bats as it is an identical copy of AB De Villiers. The youngster also played a few reverse sweeps and drives that were reminiscent of the way the former South Africa skipper played. The youngster has left a substantial impression on many fans since his domestic debut. 

Matthew De Villiers 🔥

The man walks like ABD, shots are also like ABD, with Jersey number 17 too.❤️

It will be so much fun to watch him succeed in Cricket. Consider me as his fan. 💯 pic.twitter.com/dZM5jtswKV

— Ankit (@CricCrazyAnkit) November 12, 2024

So far the youngster has played two games and scored 246 runs with an average of 61.50 and hit three fifties. His only failure came in the first innings for Warriors against Boland where Matthew De Villiers was out for 7 falling to Shaun Von Berg. In the second innings, De Villiers was out for 87 after batting for 182 balls. 

AB De Villiers has his say on James Anderson joining IPL Auctions 

Meanwhile. the former South African star batter AB De Villiers was live on his YouTube channel. The 40-year-old spoke about former England pacer James Anderson throwing his hat into the ring for the IPL Auctions set to take place on 24th and 25th November in Jeddah. 

“It almost gives me a same kind of feeling with MS Dhoni that he decided to take a pay cut. Yes Jimmy, ₹1.25 crores as a base price, which is not a lot for the status as this guy has got. Maybe he will go for only 1.25 and still be prepared to go to India, leave his family for almost three months and maybe not even play a game and share a dressing room with some of the young Indian fast bowlers," said AB De Villiers

The former Proteas skipper also said, “I think it's fantastic and I was one of the franchise owners and I could get Jimmy for INR 2-3 crores. I would take him purely because I believe that there's a lot of experience that can be shared with some of the young players, and just his aura and the dressing room will keep the bowling unit confident. This guy knows his game inside out."