AB de Villiers opens up about his autobiography on Twitter

Published - 09 Sept 2016, 16:13 IST | Updated - 09 Sept 2016, 16:13 IST

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South African batsman AB de Villiers recently released his autobiography to tell his story to the world. As expected, the book has been a great hit among the masses and has received a lot of appreciation from his fans all around the globe.

AB de Villiers went live on social media platform Twitter to interact with his fans and answer their questions about his autobiography. He went live for about half an hour and received a lot of questions in that period. Here are some of the best questions and tweets he responded to.

The very first question was a little off-track from his autobiography but AB had a fitting reply to it. He was asked what advice he would give to the young cricketers. AB was quick to cite the simple mantra for the same – to work hard and enjoy the game.

@Guhanessh1 @amazonIN AB: keep it simple, enjoy the game and don't be scared to work hard! #askAB
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) September 9, 2016

A very good question came in next that rightly asked the reason that propelled AB de Villiers to write his autobiography. Mr. 360 was modest in answering that he wished to share his story with the world and felt it was the perfect time to do so.

@RitikaSays @amazonIN AB: I wanted to share my story with people around the world. It's an honest story about my journey #askAB
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) September 9, 2016

AB then appreciated a question wherein he was asked whether he would want to write a Hindi song someday. He replied positively saying it would be great to do so and he would love doing it. He added that it would also be like a dream coming true.

@imjsk27 @amazonIN AB: interesting question! I would love to. Hopefully that dream will come true real soon #askAB
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) September 9, 2016

Answering a question on his favourite ground, AB picked up the iconic Motera stadium in Ahmedabad to be the one. Needless to find the reason for that answer. It was at Ahmedabad during the 2008-09 South African tour to India when AB had hit an unbeaten double century at the venue.

@SasankDivi @amazonIN AB: because of past experiences in 2008/09, Ahmedabad will always be really close to my heart! #askAB
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) September 9, 2016

He also appreciated the response he got from the Indian fans on his autobiography release. He said he felt absolutely humbled and pleasantly surprised at the support he got from India on his book release.

@AnmolMor @amazonIN @panmacmillan AB: No, I was pleasantly surprised & humbled at the same time! I really do appreciate the support #askAB
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) September 9, 2016

Interestingly, his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Virat Kohli and Indian batsman Rohit Sharma had also tweeted their appreciation for AB de Villiers’ autobiography earlier. Kohli had tweeted, “@ABdeVilliers17, one of the world’s top batsmen has written his book. Read about his life & game.”

@imVkohli @amazonIN thanks bud, hope u enjoy the book
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) September 5, 2016

Rohit Sharma had earlier tweeted “Not surprised with the response for @ABdeVilliers17 book. He’s a world class player & an even better human being. So humble, it’s inspiring”