AB de Villiers smashes iPhone during intense IPL 2021 training session: WATCH

Former South African captain AB de Villiers is slated to reprise his role for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise in the upcoming Indian Premier League 2021 (IPL 2021) season. Apparently, the dynamic batsman has already begun his preparations for the much-awaited season. On Wednesday, March 10, de Villiers shared a short video of himself where he can be seen batting at the nets in Pretoria.

IPL 2021: Ab de Villiers trains for IPL 2021, goes full throttle at nets

Ahead of his departure to India for the IPL 2021 season, AB de Villiers hit the nets. In the video, he can be seen hitting a fierce straight drive that knocked over an iPhone, which was recording his training session from the bowlers’ end. In the caption, he wrote: “iPhone out!”. Here is a look at AB de Villiers’ intense training video.

Virat Kohli to lead RCB team 2021

On January 20, the RCB franchise announced their list of retentions from their previous edition’s squad. They retained 12 cricketers, including captain Virat Kohli and star-attractions like AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Siraj. The upcoming IPL 2021 edition will be de Villiers’ 10th season for the RCB since he made his debut for the franchise back in 2011. Here is a look at the list of all 12 retentions made by the RCB ahead of the IPL 2021 auction.

Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson and Daniel Sams.

RCB team 2021

At the IPL 2021 auction in Chennai on February 18, the RCB management further enhanced their squad with some new additions. They purchased the likes of Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, New Zealand’s rising speed gun Kylie Jamieson and several uncapped Indians like KS Bharat, Sachin Baby and Rajat Patidar. Interestingly, two of their purchases in the form of Maxwell and Jamieson were among the top draws of the auction.

List of RCB players for IPL 2021 season

A well-balanced squad with all the bases covered 😎

Who do you think will be the gamechanger among our #Classof2021, 12th Man Army?🤔#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/ZrGqV9cN7r

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)

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