AB de Villiers chooses RCB over Manchester United and Chinnaswamy over Supersport Park

AB de Villiers may not have had the most promising start to the second leg of Indian Premier League 2021, but the South African legend is pretty sure that Royal Challengers Bangalore are ready to lift the elusive IPL trophy this season. In a chat with Indian cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues on ‘Dream11 Dil Ya Dimaag’ de Villiers picked his franchise over Manchester United and M Chinnaswamy Stadium over Supersport Park.

Rodrigues put the Manchester United fan in de Villiers in a spot asking him to choose between Red Devils winning their first Premier League title since 2012 and RCB taking home their first-ever IPL trophy, the South African said, “We’re ready to lift that IPL Trophy.”

Here’s the whole conversation between Jemimah and ABD – Dream11 Dil Ya Dimaag

 

 

De Villiers was asked to pick a stadium he enjoyed scoring runs at and pat came his reply. “Definitely Chinnaswamy, I no longer play international cricket, so, when I come to the Chinnaswamy and put my RCB jersey on, there’s nothing that beats that,” said de Villiers, whose team will take on Chennai Super Kings tonight at Sharjah.

Even though he has retired from international cricket, de Villiers backed himself over RCB skipper Virat Kohli when asked who he would choose to score 20 runs off the last over. But he wore his Proteas heart on his sleeve when Rodrigues asked him to go back in time and win one game between 2015 World Cup Semifinal and 2016 IPL Final. “The World Cup is something that I grew up wanting. It was my first dream growing up as a young boy starting to play cricket.”