All-time best overseas IPL XI

3. AB de Villiers (wk)

Mr 360, AB de Villiers has perhaps been the most entertaining batsman to watch over the last decade. He has wowed the crowds in every format, but it is in RCB since 2011, where he formed perhaps the most destructive top 3 with Gayle and Kohli did de Villiers come into his element time and time again. While his numbers of 4395 runs in 154 matches at an average of 39.95 and a strike rate of 151.23 are already impressive, they don’t tell the entire story.

He has been RCB’s go-to man in a number of crucial situations. He has been their man when they have needed to be rescued time and time again. In hopeless situations, de Villiers has given hope to RCB fans. He had the ability to score at a strike rate of 400 right from the word go as well as adapt to difficult situations, put his head down and grind. He has been one of the pillars of RCB.

While a trophy has agonisingly alluded RCB and de Villiers for several years now he remains loyal to the franchise and has given his 100 per cent to the team every single year. A player of his class and skill fits easily in this team. While he has retired from international cricket, Ab still has a few years of franchise cricket left in him and he would surely be hoping he can win the IPL with a team he has had so many memories with across the years.