IPL 2021: Best combined XI of all teams ahead of the season

4. AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers is one of the greatest batsmen of all time and some of the things he can do on a cricket ground are unthinkable for most of the players. He can score runs at a blistering strike and even play blockathon, but for now we will obviously concentrate on what he has done in the IPL.

He has played 169 games and scored 4849 runs at a terrific strike rate of 151.91 while averaging an impressive 45.4. He is one of just 2 batsmen in IPL history to average in excess of 40 while also striking at more than 150. The former South African batsman has 38 fifties and 3 centuries as well.

ABD had a good season last time around as he scored 454 runs at a strike rate of 158.74. He has played some sensational innings and has often changed the course of several games singlehandedly. RCB will once again depend on him to deliver the goods and a trio along with Kohli and Maxwell, looks quite dangerous.