Former South African batter AB de Villiers has opened up on how he managed to hit a excessive full toss from Mohammed Shami through the Indian Premier League 2019 version for a exceptional one-handed six.
De Villiers candidly admitted that he had no thought of how he pulled off the stroke, including that every one he wished to make sure was that the ball did not hit his physique, as that will have harm him badly.
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) by 17 runs within the forty second recreation of IPL 2019 on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. RCB posted 202-4 batting first, with De Villiers hammering an excellent 82* off 44.
Within the nineteenth over of the innings, the Proteas legend slammed Shami for 3 consecutive sixes, one in all them off an awkwardly excessive full toss. In a Q&A session on his YouTube channel, De Villiers was requested about how he pulled off that stroke.
“I very clearly keep in mind that cleared the stadium and went into Cubbon Park. It’s loopy as a result of it was one of many largest sixes I’ve hit in my life. It was truly only a response. I actually tried to cease the ball from not hitting me.
“It was heading right into a harmful space across the throat. That would have been very painful if I had missed that. My thoughts simply advised me, no matter you do, make sure that the ball hits the bat and never your physique,” he replied.
De Villiers struck three fours and 7 sixes in his splendid knock, whereas Parthiv Patel (43 off 24) and Marcus Stoinis (46* off 34) additionally made helpful contributions.
“I’ll give him the advantage of the doubt” – De Villiers on whether or not Shami bowled excessive full toss on goal
Elaborating on the awkward supply from Shami, De Villiers didn’t reckon the Indian pacer did it on goal, giving him the advantage of the doubt.
“I can’t inform you why it went thus far. Shami is sort of quick, bowls round 140 kph.
“I don’t know if it was on goal or not. I do know Shami fairly properly. I’ll give him the advantage of the doubt. I used to be actually proud of that six. It was a really pleasurable knock,” he added.
Chasing 203, Punjab had been restricted to 185-7 as Umesh Yadav claimed 3-36 and Navdeep Saini 2-33.