Find abs records, biography, centuries, runs, wickets. Abs association with india is known to every follower of the game. Ab holds the record for playing most test matches without getting out for a duck. England captain joe root, speaking to test match special. Born on 17 february 1984, he did his schooling from warmbaths primary school and afrikaanse hoer seunskool in pretoria. Since his debut in 2004, the proteas batter has proven his ability to score runs anywhere in the order and averages more than 50 in test and odi cricket.
He is a champion sportsman with immensely versatile interests during his growing years. Inside the t20 revolution is a look at how t20 has changed the. His father name is abraham benjamin and and his mother name is millie, his two elders brothers are jan and wessels. One of modern crickets biggest myths has been busted and it has nothing to do with cricket at all. He plays for titans in south african domestic cricket and royal challengers bangalore in the indian premier league. He used to play cricket from an early age, and also excelled in other sports such as golf, rugby, and tennis. Ab has become the most valuable cricketer on the planet adam gilchrist.
He is primarily known as a right handed wicket keeper batsmen. It is funny how the words great, legend and genius could be used so freely in the world of cricket because s. He is currently the captain of south africa in odis and test. A righthanded batsman, he scored 47 centuries 100 or more runs in a single innings22 in tests and 25 in odisover his playing career. The captain, with 8917 runs, needs just 83 more runs to reach the. He is considered as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. Ab, as he is called by the cricket fans all over the globe, isnt just a cricketer. Find ab s records, biography, centuries, runs, wickets. Ab makes most of his money through cricket and advertisements. On his birthday today here is a list of the numerous other talents that the batsman has.
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