IPL 2021: Kevin Pietersen Feels AB De Villiers Must Be Hating “That He Hasnt Been Able To Contribute” For RCB In UAE

AB de Villiers hasn’t been in the most effective of kind within the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season’s UAE leg and has solely managed scores of 0, 11, 14 and 4* in his 4 outings for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Despite his sudden lack of kind, RCB have discovered runs from the likes of Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal and Glenn Maxwell to maintain their place in third place within the IPL 2021 Points Table. Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen feels even when De Villiers scores three geese in a row, he would nonetheless not lose his place within the taking part in XI as a consequence of his previous heroics with RCB. But Pietersen additionally feels that De Villiers have to be upset along with his poor kind.

Speaking on Star Sports after RCB’s win in opposition to Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Wednesday, Pietersen mentioned, “He is an established player; he is a senior player. He would not want to see Kohli or Maxwell score the runs he is scoring. He must be thinking ‘I’m not holding my side of the bargain. This is just not the AB de Villiers that he is used to seeing”.

“He is a proud player; he is a fabulous player. We have seen that over a number of years. From his point of view, he would like to contribute. He would be hating the fact that he hasn’t been able to contribute. He has contributed so much to the world of cricket and in the IPL. If he gets three ducks in a row, it doesn’t matter. What he has done for the IPL and RCB is incredible. However, he would want to score”, he additional added.

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The South African veteran has scored 5083 runs in 180 IPL matches, together with three centuries and 40 fifties.

In the continued season, the swashbuckling batsman has smashed 234 runs in 11 fixtures, with a excessive rating of 76*.