My son was lucky to complete hundred on the last ball, says AB de Villiers’ father
Mumbai: Dr. AB de Villiers - the doctor by profession and the father of captain of South African team are sharing the same name, i.e. Abraham Benjamin de Villiers- usually has no holiday on Sunday and his weekly schedule on Sunday is to go to Church in the morning and pay visit to the hospital thereafter.
However, on this Sunday morning, he remained at home to witness the South African batting.
"I watched every ball (bowled by Indian bowlers) and every run of the South African innings," senior AB de Villiers said.
"I am very glad my son scored a century on the last ball of the innings and that too with a six. Very few players get a chance to complete the century on the last ball and AB de was lucky today," he added.
"Please do let me know whether any other international player has ever hit a six on the last ball and finish off with a ton," he requested.
"There are about 20 such instances who have achieved this", the cricket statisticians, Rajneesh Gupta and Bharath Seervi said.
"However, AB de Villiers is the second to do against India after Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf," Seervi added.
AB de Villiers reached (and remained not out on) 104 and thus his team could score 303 runs.
"The last ten overs were very special. 303 run-score is a winning total," the dad had hoped in the interval.
South Africa won the match and AB also the Man of the Match award.
Watch @ABdeVilliers17 score an unbeaten 104 against India in Kanpur. http://t.co/NhaIsE2Seh #bcci via @BCCI #IndvsSA #cricket
— DC Sports (@_DCSports) October 12, 2015The doctor AB de Villiers will be in India to witness his son playing 100th Test match. "I will be in India on November 14 and watch my son's 100th Test at Bangalore," he signed off.
Interestingly, the current captain's grandfather and great grandfather were also known as AB de Villiers.
