{"id":20327,"date":"2023-03-28T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=293072"},"modified":"2023-03-28T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T11:00:00","slug":"i-never-thought-the-chants-of-abd-veteran-cricketer-ab-de-villiers-shares-heartfelt-message-post-rcb-unbox-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/i-never-thought-the-chants-of-abd-veteran-cricketer-ab-de-villiers-shares-heartfelt-message-post-rcb-unbox-event\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI never thought the chants of ABD\u2026\u201d Veteran cricketer AB de Villiers shares heartfelt message post\u00a0RCB\u00a0Unbox\u00a0Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"12d12bd7-070c-4b69-8afe-9b93335152db\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">AB de Villiers has shared a heartfelt emotional post about Virat Kohli and his Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) family. The former South African skipper was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday at a star-studded RCB Unbox event at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AB de Villiers pens down a heartfelt note for RCB fans and his teammates \u2764\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CricTracker?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CricTracker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ABdeVilliers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ABdeVilliers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RCB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RCB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XTgY18Emhq\">pic.twitter.com\/XTgY18Emhq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CricTracker (@Cricketracker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cricketracker\/status\/1640645206591811584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"0188b283-7fae-40a3-95ad-356ae1bda920\">De Villiers has been an integral part of the RCB family during his tenure from 2011 to 2021. During the RCB Unbox event on Sunday, De Villiers and Chris Gayle were given medals of honour for their contribution to the team. Their jersey numbers were also permanently retired as a mark of respect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"074ad664-0816-48e7-84ea-0de44884b0fb\">The \u2018RCB Hall of Fame\u2019 was announced last season. In a special video posted by the franchise on social media, Virat Kohli revealed that \u2018Universe boss\u2019 Chris Gayle and legendary South African batter Ab de Villiers will be the first inducted into the prestigious list. The \u2018RCB Hall of Fame\u2019 was RCB\u2019s outstanding performers from the past and future felicitated for their contribution to the franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"927da97a-76e6-4e5d-883d-e7ed8f5e1781\">The RCB Unbox event on Sunday also gave RCB fans an exclusive chance to see the squad practise in front of them and see how the team\u2019s preparation for the tournament is progressing up close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"a23399af-c387-4fa8-8781-88c9b1a75d86\">In the last episode of The Bold Diaries, De Villiers was brutally honest about his first impression of Kohli. But, the former South Africa captain admitted that his views flipped the moment he met Virat \u2018the human being\u2019 from close quarters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"74a39bd5-f2df-4ad7-809c-62bae70c4ac7\">\u201cOh my goodness\u2026I have had this question before, and I have also given this answer-back. I think he was pretty cocky and arrogant when I first met him. With that hairstyle, he had a strut going\u2026yes, flamboyant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"36b0540a-3473-4ee6-930f-cc030732db79\">\u201cBut the minute I got to know him a bit better and watched him play, I got as much respect for him, but I learned to understand him better as a human being. I think he had a barrier around him when I met him the first time. That barrier opened up, and I began to understand the person. I didn\u2019t like him, but you know what I\u2019m saying. He\u2019s a top person now, but the first impression was, \u201cHe\u2019s got to come down to earth a bit,\u201d De Villiers said in the video while chatting with Gayle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle chat about their time at RCB, bond with Virat, fitting into the RCB brand seamlessly and their most memorable moment with the team, in Part 1 of Bold Diaries. <\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for a fun rapid fire between the\u00a0two\u00a0in\u00a0Part\u00a02.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PlayBold?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PlayBold<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AERCB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0ca8\u0cae\u0ccd\u0caeRCB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WkQO4f9uz1\">pic.twitter.com\/WkQO4f9uz1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RCBTweets\/status\/1640561287133536256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle were inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":40935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[596,593],"class_list":["post-20327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-ab-de-villiers","tag-chris-gayle"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}