The second-highest overseas run-scorer in the Indian Premier League (IPL), AB de Villiers certainly left an impact on the cricket field with his innovations and ball-striking abilities.
Along with Virat Kohli, the former South African star provided entertainment to cricket-watching audiences and built a huge fan base for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The duo holds the record for the highest partnership of 229 runs in the tournament's history.
However, ABD retired from all forms of cricket in 2021 and wasn't seen in RCB colours this year. During a recent interaction with Danish Sait on RCB insider, Kohli reckoned that he misses the former 38-year-old cricketer and chats with him regularly.
"I miss him a lot, I speak to him quite regularly and he keeps messaging me. He was in the US recently watching golf, Augusta Masters is what I heard it was called so he told me he was there experiencing it with his friend and family," said Virat.
Then, the former Indian captain dropped a bombshell by revealing that ABD is keenly watching RCB's performance and can return to his beloved franchise in the next edition. Ahead of the 2022 season, there were reports of the Proteas cricketer being a mentor to the RCB team.
"So we stay in touch and he is very keenly watching RCB, hopefully [we see him] here next year in some capacity," said the 33-year-old batter.
Then, Sait also asked Kohli about the three ducks registered in the ongoing edition of IPL. In reply, the ex-RCB captain reckoned that he feels helpless in this situation and has seen everything in his 14-year long career.
"First-ball ducks. After the second one (duck), I actually realized what It feels like to be like you (Mr Nags character), absolutely helpless. It hasn't happened to me ever in my career, I think. I have seen everything now. It's been so long, I have seen everything in this game," Kohli concluded.
Although RCB has done well to secure seven victories in 12 appearances, Kohli has scored only 216 runs at a dismal average of 19.64.