{"id":77332,"date":"2018-09-07T15:58:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T10:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=77332"},"modified":"2018-09-07T15:58:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T10:58:41","slug":"de-villiers-announces-to-join-psl-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=77332","title":{"rendered":"De Villiers announces to join PSL-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town, Sept. 7 (TNS): The legendary batsman AB de Villiers has announced to join Pakistan Super League (PSL) for the fourth edition in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>De Villiers \u2013 who is known for his explosive batting for Soth Africa \u2014 did not feature in the first three editions of PSL but has now been successfully roped in by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: The GOAT from South Africa is now a part of PSL! A warm welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABdeVilliers17?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abdevilliers17<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ABaurPSL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ABaurPSL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0oiSjPSEOZ\">pic.twitter.com\/0oiSjPSEOZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thePSLt20\/status\/1038004980819607552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The flamboyant South African has a vast experience of more than 250 T20 matches \u2013 which includes appearances in, both, international and domestic T20 leagues \u2014 where he has averaged 35.36 with a strike rate close to 148. He is currently one shy of hitting 300 sixes in T20 cricket as his tally currently stands at 299 maximums.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his illustrious career, he broke numerous records which include the fastest century in ODI cricket off just 31 balls against West Indies in January 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan Super League has grown into one of the top T20 tournaments in the world and I\u2019ve really enjoyed watching PSL matches in recent years,\u201d said de Villiers in a video message announcing his signing with PSL.<br \/>\nA supremely athletic fielder and a batsman who can play shots in all possible directions, de Villiers will be one of the star attractions at this year\u2019s PSL Player Draft.<\/p>\n<p>In his video message, the former South African captain also thanked Pakistani cricket fans for their support.<br \/>\n\u201cPSL is a league that has given Pakistan so much to cheer about and I look forward to being on the field once again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ehsan Mani was delighted on this latest signing and has welcomed AB de Villiers to PSL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted with the signing of de Villiers for Pakistan Super League,\u201d said Mani. \u201cHe is a modern-day great and he will add immense value to the tournament. His involvement in PSL will also provide great learning opportunities for our youngsters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town, Sept. 7 (TNS): The legendary batsman AB de Villiers has announced to join Pakistan Super League (PSL) for the fourth edition in 2019. De Villiers \u2013 who is known for his explosive batting for Soth Africa \u2014 did not feature in the first three editions of PSL but has now been successfully roped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77334,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77332\/revisions\/77334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}