AB de Villiers congratulates India on series triumph

The Indian cricket team has been going through a rich vein of form, especially in the limited overs formats. After getting humbled by South Africa in the Test series, the Men in Blue stormed back to win their maiden ODI series in the Rainbow nation. To multiply their joy, Virat Kohli’s troops also managed to beat the hosts in the recently concluded T20I series. The hosts strained every muscle, however, India outplayed them in departments and subsequently thrashed them black and blue.

From South Africa’s perspective, they suffered a body blow owing to injuries to a number of their big names, AB de Villiers is one of them. He featured in South Africa’s victorious Test squad. Nevertheless, a sore finger ruled him out of the first three games in the ODI series. Nevertheless, he played the remaining games at Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Centurion respectively.

However, the Pretoria born cricketer was sidelined for the three-match T20 series because of a knee injury and with an aim to get fit before the upcoming Test series against Australia. The cricketer has recently applauded the Indian cricketers for their marvelous performances. The Proteas batsman took to Twitter and shared a congratulatory message on the social media platform.

Here’s the tweet

Proteas fought hard, India was just too good in the shorter version and deserved the win. In other news, @BlueBullsRugby made my day, and now for some very entertaining Golf. Can’t wait to join the Proteas tomorrow again!! Ready to rumble

— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) February 24, 2018

After a magnificent Test series, South Africa slumped alarmingly and dished out lackluster shows during the ODI and Test series. However, they will be looking to stage a comeback in their upcoming assignments against Australia. De Villiers himself is expected to be a vital cog in their setup provided he attains fitness ahead of the opening Test at the Kingsmead in Durban on March 1.

On the other hand, India will play a triangular T20 series involving Sri Lanka and Bangladesh which starts on March 6 at the iconic R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. After an emphatic victory, India would hope to replicate their form in their tour of Sri Lanka.