{"id":2867,"date":"2021-05-18T17:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T12:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T12:05:46","slug":"no-comeback-for-ab-de-villers-see-official-tweet-by-cricket-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/no-comeback-for-ab-de-villers-see-official-tweet-by-cricket-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"No Comeback for AB de Villiers &#8211; See official tweet by Cricket South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"consumption-header\">\n<div class=\"consumption_intro\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The officials of Cricket South Africa (CSA) have confirmed that AB de Vi lliers will not come out of retirement to represent South Africa in the upcoming T20 World Cup this year.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">AB de Villiers has decided that his retirement decision remains final once and for all. De Villiers himself, and South Africa head coach Mark Boucher have in the past spoken about the chances of the star batsman coming out of retirement and represent the Proteas again.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>See official tweet by Cricket South Africa<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AB de Villiers finalises international retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions with AB de Villiers have concluded with the batsman deciding once and for all, that his retirement will remain final. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D3UDmaDAS2\">pic.twitter.com\/D3UDmaDAS2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialCSA\/status\/1394623182221549572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Discussions with AB de Villiers have concluded with the batsman deciding once and for all, that his retirement will remain final.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<p class=\"article-summary\">Last month it had emerged he was in discussions over a possible South Africa comeback with an eye on the T20 World Cup<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-meta\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><strong>&#8220;We are lined up to have a chat sometime during the IPL. But yes, we&#8217;ve been talking about it already. Last year, he asked me if I would be interested. And I said, &#8216;absolutely&#8217;. And come the end of the IPL, we will have a look at where we are at with regards to my form and my fitness.&#8221; <\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>AB de Villiers<\/strong><strong>\u00a0said after the match against KKR.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He played 114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20Is before announcing his surprise retirement.\u00a0AB de Villiers had announced shock retirement from international cricket in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Africa<\/strong> announced the red and white-ball squads for their upcoming tour of West Indies and Ireland.<\/p>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<h3 class=\"cb-nws-para\"><b>South Africa\u00a0<\/b><b>Test Squad to the West Indies<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">Dean Elgar (captain), Temba Bavuma (vice-captain), Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Sarel Erwee, Beuran Hendricks, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Anrich Nortje, Keegan Peterson, Kagiso Rabada, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lizaad Williams, Prenelan Subrayen, Marco Jansen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udf34 Test and T20I squads to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/windiescricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@windiescricket<\/a><br \/>\n1\ufe0f\u20e3 Maiden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Proteas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Proteas<\/a> call up for Prenelan Subrayen<br \/>\n1\ufe0f\u20e3 Maiden Test nod for Lizaad Williams<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 Your thoughts on both Test and T20 squads?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WIvSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WIvSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThatsOurGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThatsOurGame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k08HJQJeUr\">pic.twitter.com\/k08HJQJeUr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialCSA\/status\/1394607461814915079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<h3 class=\"cb-nws-para\"><b>South Africa T20 Squad to the West Indies<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, Sisanda Magala, Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller , Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Lizaad Williams.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<h3 class=\"cb-nws-para\"><b>South Africa\u00a0<\/b><b>squad to Ireland<\/b><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udf40 Tour squad to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cricketireland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cricketireland<\/a><br \/>\n2\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e3 players<br \/>\n3\ufe0f\u20e3 ODIs<br \/>\n3\ufe0f\u20e3 T20Is<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IREvSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IREvSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThatsOurGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThatsOurGame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xo2cSUB73L\">pic.twitter.com\/xo2cSUB73L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialCSA\/status\/1394608791954595842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Lizaad Williams.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"check-point clear-fix\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"consumption-artical tbl-forkorts-article tbl-forkorts-article-active\">\n<div class=\"artical-description\">\n<div class=\"component_9 \">\n<div id=\"articleImg_758518\" class=\"img-pod\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The officials of Cricket South Africa (CSA) have confirmed that AB de Vi lliers will not come out of retirement to represent South Africa in the upcoming T20 World Cup this year. AB de Villiers has decided that his retirement decision remains final once and for all. De Villiers himself, and South Africa head coach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[1439,722,1438,1436,1437],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>No Comeback for AB de Villiers - See official tweet by Cricket South Africa - Sabguru News English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discussions with AB de Villiers have concluded with the batsman deciding once and for all, that his retirement will remain final.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/no-comeback-for-ab-de-villers-see-official-tweet-by-cricket-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No Comeback for AB de Villiers - See official tweet by Cricket South Africa - Sabguru News English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discussions with AB de Villiers have concluded with the batsman deciding once and for all, that his retirement will remain final.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/no-comeback-for-ab-de-villers-see-official-tweet-by-cricket-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sabguru News English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-18T12:05:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/815435-40545-zbfdsqkjzr-1472720261.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nitin Kushwaha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nitin Kushwaha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/no-comeback-for-ab-de-villers-see-official-tweet-by-cricket-south-africa\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/no-comeback-for-ab-de-villers-see-official-tweet-by-cricket-south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"No Comeback for AB de Villiers - See official tweet by Cricket South Africa - Sabguru News English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-18T12:05:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-18T12:05:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0cbdc32c128b61c6ed899748fb8417ee\"},\"description\":\"Discussions with AB de Villiers have concluded with the batsman deciding once and for all, that his retirement will remain final.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/no-comeback-for-ab-de-villers-see-official-tweet-by-cricket-south-africa\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/no-comeback-for-ab-de-villers-see-official-tweet-by-cricket-south-africa\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/no-comeback-for-ab-de-villers-see-official-tweet-by-cricket-south-africa\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"No Comeback for AB de Villiers &#8211; 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