Former South African captain AB de Villiers told in his autobiography about his dream, which used to come to him at night for many years.
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It is the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup and I am fielding at cover. The batsman is left handed and he drives. I dived on my right side. Took the ball, ran towards the stumps and dropped the bails. We all appealed. The umpire raised his finger and South Africa won the World Cup.
There was an atmosphere of happiness, there was enthusiasm, only then AB de Villiers woke up and realized that it was a dream. This dream came to de Villiers many times in his sleep since childhood. He disclosed this in a chapter of his autobiography, The Dream. He told that he often used to dream of the World Cup.
unfulfilled dream
Born on February 17, 1984, de Villiers may have seen this dream many times in his sleep, but it was also the biggest dream of his life, which could never be fulfilled and he had said goodbye to cricket along with the unfulfilled dream. Former South African captain De Villiers, one of the world’s most explosive batsmen, is celebrating his 39th birthday today. De Villiers is also called 360 degree batsman. De Villiers achieved everything in his career. Made many big records. Wonderful work done. Captained the team. Gave a historic victory, but what he could not achieve is the World Cup. They missed it by getting close to the World Cup
De Villiers used to wake up from sleep
In 2015, New Zealand broke de Villiers’ dream of winning the World Cup by defeating South Africa in the semi-finals. This player had worked hard to fulfill his dream, but he could not change the fortunes of the team. It took him years to come out of the pain of unfulfilled dreams. The World Cup was his dream, which at first he saw in his sleep with closed eyes, but then he started seeing it in daylight with open eyes. This was the dream, which woke de Villiers from his sleep several times. Since childhood, he wanted to see South Africa becoming the world champion. Since then many times he had to bear the pain of breaking this dream. He has suffered the pain of defeat in 1992, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015 World Cups.
started crying in the room after the defeat
He watched the 1992, 1999 and 2003 World Cups on TV sitting with his family. He revealed in his book that when the South African team lost the semi-finals of the 1999 World Cup, he cried a lot in his room. Since childhood, de Villiers saw South Africa getting closer to the World Cup and the team getting away from it, and this was the reason that he often had dreams of becoming the world champion at night. De Villiers stepped into International Cricket in 2004 and in 2018 he bid farewell to International Cricket. He scored 8765 runs in 114 Tests for South Africa, including 22 centuries and 46 half-centuries. Scored a total of 9577 runs in 228 ODIs including 25 centuries and 53 half-centuries. In 78 T20 matches, de Villiers scored 1672 runs for South Africa including 10 half-centuries.