Legendary batter AB de Villiers recalled his whirlwind 162 off 66 balls against West Indies in the 2015 ODI World Cup, which was one of the best knocks of his career, and revealed that he was sick and was actually sleeping before going out to bat.
It has to be noted that West Indies has been one of Ab de Villiers’ favorite teams to play against. He has played some of the memorable knocks of his career, including the fastest century in the history of the game to date.
In 24 games he has played against West Indies, he has amassed 1279 runs against them at an average of 67.32 and has smashed 5 centuries and four half-centuries.
AB de Villiers Recalled His Knock Of 162 vs West Indies in 2015 WC
Meanwhile, speaking on JioCinema’s ‘Home of Heroes’, AB de Villiers’ recalled his whirlwind 162 off 66 balls against West Indies in the 2015 ODI World Cup. He smashed the fastest 150 on that day in Sydney against West Indies as South Africa scored 408 runs. He revealed he was ill early morning on the day of the match and couldn’t sleep. He said:
“I’ll give you one more example of that. Sydney Cricket Ground 2015. We played a World Cup game against the West Indies. And I was very nervous, very fired up. It’s a must win for us. But 3:00 that morning I got really sick in my room, and I got injections and all sorts of stuff. I didn’t sleep. I arrived at the Sydney Cricket Ground and I told the coach, listen, I don’t think I can warm up, I’m just going to take a nap,”
Further, AB de Villiers said that he said that what was more important for him that day was not stressing about the game and confusing himself. He revealed he was half asleep and was seeing the ball bigger that day. He said:
“Ended up batting first and I was literally sleeping before going out to bat. But my point is there was something more important than focusing out and stressing about a cricket game. I honestly felt like I couldn’t play. So, that became the bigger matter that I could just walk out. I was lucky. I was happy enough that I could just play. Finally. Which took everything else sort of out of the equation. And I remember standing there facing my first ball and I was like, I don’t care if I get out there, I’m just going to see the ball and just like move slowly. Be in my mode, you know? And it was incredible how in such slow motion everything happened that day. Seeing the ball bigger, I was half asleep. Looking at the sun just standing there going like, oh, this game is actually so enjoyable, so easy, so slow and it’s so difficult to get into that zone. In that zone, it’s so enjoyable,”
