Best XI from the players who retired in 2018

4. AB de Villiers (South Africa) (wk)

AB de Villiers, the South African batting legend, called it quits earlier this year in May. However, de Villiers didn’t retire from all forms of competitive cricket and announced himself fit to play domestic and franchise-based cricket. He bid farewell to international cricket with pretty remarkable aggregates. AB ended his international cricket tourney just at the stroke of 10,000 ODI runs.

AB de Villiers’ final international game came against South Africa in March this year. It was the fourth Test of Australia’s tour of South Africa which took place in Johannesburg. He also scored 69 and 6 in the first and the second innings of his final international game. AB de Villiers made vital contributions for South Africa. Mr. 360 played 114 Test, 228 ODIs, and 72 T20Is.

With decent T20I numbers, AB owned breathtaking Test and ODI records. De Villiers has 1672 T20I runs, 8765 Test runs, and 9577 ODI runs to his name. Thus, with an unsullied record in international cricket, de Villiers asks for a place in this playing XI. Moreover, with exceptional wicket-keeping skills, he will also be donning the wicket-keeping gloves for this team.