A B de Villiers, the legendary Proteas batter, has been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
He was given the honour this week along with former England captain, Sir Alastair Cook, and Neetu David, who used to play for India’s women’s side.
This brought the number of people inducted into the Hall of Fame to 115.
De Villiers becomes the seventh South African to receive the honour, after Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards, Aubrey Faulkner, Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, and Allan Donald.
De Villiers made his debut for South Africa as a 20-year-old in 2004, retiring from international cricket in 2018.
He played 114 Tests for South Africa, along with 228 one-day internationals (ODIs), and 78 T20 internationals. He averaged over 50 in both Tests and ODIs, and still holds the record for the fastest ever hundred scored in ODIs. In 2015 he scored a century off only 31 balls against the West Indies at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
De Villiers said that it was a “tremendous honour” to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.