Top five knocks of the amazing AB de Villiers

3. 126* vs Australia, 2nd Test, Elizabeth, 2018

In his own words, this series-defining century is “one of my best ever”. Australia went into this series with a record of not having lost a Test series against the Proteas in South Africa since 1992. This series was involved in various controversies and as ABD said, ‘A series to remember’. This was also Morne Morkel and ABD’s last Test series. The Aussies continued with this impeccable record as they won the First Test and the Proteas were yet again staring at an embarrassing defeat in their own backyard.

The Proteas needed something special in the Second Test to provide them with the much-needed impetus. The Aussies scored 243 in the first innings and the South Africans were down to 183 for 6 at one stage and it looked obvious that the Aussies will take a good lead. But then arrived the Superman scoring an unbeaten 126, his first century after 3 years to provide the Proteas with a lead of 139. With this innings, he made a statement that he had a lot left in him. SA won that match by 6 wickets and went on to win the series 3-1, their first against Australia in South Africa.