Dubai: Royal Challengers Bangalore spinner Washington Sundar is in awe of his superstar teammate AB de Villiers and feels that the South African swashbuckler’s legendary ability to perform multiple tasks, including wicket-keeping, lend balance to the IPL side.
De Villiers kept wickets in RCB’s win over defending champions Mumbai Indians here on Monday, taking the keeping gloves from an off-colour Josh Philippe. He also smashed a 24-ball half century to grab the man of the match honours. After the game, Sundar wondered if there is any job in the world that de Villiers cannot do. “Tell me one thing that he cannot do, whatever the team needs him to do he will do, he will be more than happy to do and he has been doing that for so many years for RCB,” Sundar said of the 36-year-old star, who has retired from international cricket.
“It adds a lot of balance and he behind the wickets also gives bowlers a lot of thought process and he adds a lot of value to the team,” he added. Speaking about Monday’s match, Sundar said pacer Navdeep Saini conceding just seven runs in the Super Over was a reflection of his tough character.
After the match was tied courtesy blistering half centuries by Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard, Saini managed to bowl an economical Super Over, conceding seven runs, chased effortlessely by RCB to script a memorable win. “He (Saini) has been amazing not just this year but the last couple of years also.” Sundar added. (PTI)
