AB de Villiers is a genius. With a cricket bat in his hand, there is absolutely nothing that he can’t do on a cricket field. De Villiers has a massive army of fans all around the world. Wherever he travels to play cricket, fans come out in number to support him, irrespective of the side he is playing for.
AB de Villiers has penned down his autobiography and it has created a lot of buzz in the cricketing world. Social media is a place where any information can go viral without people checking its credibility or source. And this is the reason why AB de Villiers had to specially write a chapter.
If AB: The Autobiography is to be believed, almost everything we have so far been told about de Villiers beyond the cricketing field is a lie. AB, for instance, was never shortlisted for the South African national hockey squad. All he did was play hockey for one year at high school. He was also never in the South African national football squad. “We used to kick a ball around during break at school and the game has become part of the Proteas’ warm-up routine. That’s all,” he recalls.
These are 8 lies about AB de Villiers that went viral on social media:
1) AB de Villiers was selected to play for South Africa’s hockey team. – LIE
2) AB de Villiers was selected for South Africa’s football team. – LIE
3) AB de Villiers played for South Africa’s junior rugby team. – LIE
4) AB de Villies holds 6 national records in swimming. – LIE
5) AB de Villiers holds the national record in junior sprinting. – LIE
6) AB de Villiers was a member of junior Davis Cup tennis team. -LIE
7) AB de Villiers was a national U-21 badminton champion. – LIE
8) AB de Villiers received a national award for a science project. LIE
