Virat Kohli bids farewell to 'brother' AB de Villiers

NEW DELHI: Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday took to social media to pay tribute to "brother" AB de Villiers after the South African nice introduced his choice to hand over world cricket.

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Kohli heaped reward on his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate and congratulated him on his illustrious career.

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"Wish you all the best in everything that you do my brother. You've changed the way batting was seen in the time you've played international cricket. My best wishes to you and your family for this amazing journey ahead @ABdeVilliers17," Kohli tweeted.

Wish you all of the highest in the whole lot that you just do my brother. You’ve changed the way in which batting was observed within the time you… https://t.co/L3yALmzo1p

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) 1527315965000

One of contemporary cricket's largest batsmen, De Villiers made the announcement to retire from all types of cricket, claiming to be "out of gas" after 14 years within the most sensible flight previous this week.

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De Villiers ends his career with eight,765 runs in 114 Tests with 22 centuries (reasonable 50.66), nine,577 runs in 228 ODIs with 25 centuries and 1,672 runs in 78 T20Is with 10 half-centuries.

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Starting out as a wicketkeeper-batsman, he finished his career with 463 catches, including the ones in the back of the wicket and within the field, in addition to 17 stumpings, in all world cricket.