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WCL 2025: Veteran South African batsman AB de Villiers batted explosively for South Africa Champions in the World Championship of Legends 2025 match on Thursday. In the eighth match of WCL 2025 played against England Champions at Grace Road in Leicester, ABD opened the innings for South Africa Champions chasing a target of 153 runs and scored 116 runs off just 51 balls.
Highlights of AB de Villiers' century on 41 balls
He crossed the 100-run mark in just 41 balls and helped his team achieve the target of 153 runs in 12.2 overs. De Villiers started his innings by hitting a four off Ajmal Shahzad on the second ball. He hit another four and then a six off this fast bowler. After this, England bowlers started getting hit for fours and sixes and de Villiers entertained the audience a lot by batting in his best style.
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De Villiers hit 15 fours and 7 sixes while at the crease. He added 153 for the first wicket with Hashim Amla, who remained unbeaten on 29 off 25 balls.
Watch Highlights of AB de Villiers Century in 41 Balls
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England Champions vs South Africa Champions Highlights
England scored 152 runs
Talking about the match, England Champions, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 152 runs in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. Opener Phil Mustard scored 39, Ravi Bopara scored 7, Moeen Ali scored 10, Samit Patel scored 24, Captain Eoin Morgan scored 20 and Ian Bell scored 7 runs. Tim Ambrose remained unbeaten on 19 and Liam Plunkett on 13 runs. Wayne Parnell took 2 wickets for South Africa. Apart from him, Imran Tahir also got 2 wickets. Chris Morris and Duane Olivier got 1-1 wickets.Also Read: IND vs ENG 4th Test, Day 2 Highlights Video, England trail by 133 runs
Won the match by 10 wickets
South Africa chased the target of 153 runs without losing any wicket. Captain AB batted at a strike rate of 227.45. He played an innings of 116 runs in 51 balls. In this innings, AB hit 15 fours and 7 excellent sixes. Hashim Amla supported him fully. He remained unbeaten after scoring 29 runs with the help of 4 fours in 25 balls.
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Earlier, AB de Villiers' storm was also seen against India Champions. The captain of South Africa Champions scored an unbeaten 63 runs in 30 balls against the Indian team. In this innings, Mr. 360 hit 3 fours and 4 sixes. South Africa won this match by 88 runs by DLS method.
In the first match against West Indies Champions, AB's bat remained silent. He faced 4 balls and scored 3 runs. South Africa Champions won this match in the ball out. With 3 consecutive wins, South Africa is at the top of the World Championship of Legends 2025 points table.
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