AB de Villiers wins the heart of his young fan who was saddened by his retirement
When Leo's mother told him about AB's retirement, he burst into tears.
The cricketing world reveres AB de Villiers as one of the best modern day cricketers. A couple of weeks ago, he shocked the cricketing fraternity by calling it quits in international cricket. This not only shocked his fans but also saddened them to unmatched levels. Whatever the reason was, the fact that they would no longer see ABD in the South African colors was a hard pill to swallow for many.
One such fan of AB de Villiers is 14-year old Leo. When Leo’s mother told him about AB’s retirement, he burst into tears. “When I told him AB retired he didn’t believe it and burst into tears,” Leon’s mother said. The situation looked uncontrollable. The worried mother, Elsabe, wrote to Jacaranda FM about the same. The plan worked very well and Leo was told that he will have to speak for a documentary based on AB’s life.
The young kid was speaking about the same in front of the cameras when AB de Villiers walked in to the frame. The young boy could not believe his eyes and was enchanted by the presence of ABD.
“I just went blank. My heart started pacing I couldn’t understand what he was doing at my house. I think I lost my mind for a second there,” Leon quoted per the reports in IOL.
AB de Villiers spoke about the young kid and told that he is a very humble human being. He hopes to see Leo grow in the same way. He also appreciated the way Leo knew his cricket and the facts. He gifted a Protea cap to Leo and also a signed bat. Later, the former South Africa skipper shared a picture with Leo on his social media handle as well.
“Leon knows his cricket. Besides being a well informed cricketer, I see in him a genuinely nice human being who is humble. He must keep up with this attitude it he wants to play pro,” AB de Villiers remarked.
AB de Villiers shares a post on the social media
“Great to meet Leo Sadler… A young man with a big heart and plenty of character. Full story on Breakfast with Martin Bester @jacarandafm ….#jacabreakfast,” AB captioned the picture that he shared on the social media.
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