CSK Takes a Sarcastic Dig to Get AB de Villiers on Board Who Fits the Age Criteria

Published - 13 Jul 2018, 09:11 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:33 AM

AB de Villiers, PSL
AB de VilliersCredits: BCCI

Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) took a sharp dig at one post for getting AB de Villiers on board after the veteran batsman fits the age criteria.

De Villiers had recently sent shocking waves after calling it day from all forms of the game.

However, de Villiers made it clear that he will partake in the next season of the cash-rich IPL for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

AB de Villiers
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Meanwhile, de Villiers scored 480 runs in the 11 innings he played for the Virat Kohli-led team in the IPL 2018. Thus, the former talismanic batsman was in fine form for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

However, de Villiers took a surprising decision to hang his boots from all the three formats of the game.

Furthermore, everybody had expected de Villiers to continue playing till the upcoming World Cup. Therefore, the South African team is left with a big void to fill.

Meanwhile, the Super Kings was able to win their third overall IPL title. Dhoni once again led with aplomb and the veteran players were able to show their class throughout the tournament.

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Meanwhile, Kings had roped experienced players in the IPL auctions. Thus, they were trolled for roping players above the age of 30 years.

Therefore, a Twitter user asked the Super Kings??? handler to show some support to AB de Villiers as he meets the age condition.

De Villiers had recently said, ???I will keep on playing #IPL for a few years, and I would like to play for the Titans and help some of the youngsters. But there are no set plans. I haven???t been able to say that for a long time.???

Thus, a Twitter user commented on the post of CSK Fan Club. Here is the conversation.

Thus, the Chennai Super Kings Twitter Handle tweeted in a below fashion.

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