No Chris Gayle, 5 Players From MI! AB De Villiers Picks His All-Time IPL XI
Legendary South African batter and former captain AB de Villiers played in a total of 184 IPL matches for two teams—Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (formerly Royal Challengers Bangalore)—and scored a total of 5162 runs. During his IPL career from 2008 to 2021, ABD hammered three centuries and 40 fifties. The 41-year-old cricketer, who is one of the greatest players of all time, in a recent interview with Shubhankar Mishra on his YouTube channel, picked his all-time IPL XI.
In his list of 11 players, ABD included five from Mumbai Indians and two from Chennai Super Kings. But surprisingly there was no place for Chris Gayle and Rashid Khan. Gayle played 85 matches for RCB in the IPL from 2011 to 2017 and scored 3163 runs. Rashid, on the other hand, holds the record for taking the most wickets in T20s. In the IPL, the legendary spinner from Afghanistan has played 136 matches so far for two teams and picked up 158 wickets.
In addition to ignoring Gayle, ABD didn't include any player from the West Indies in his all-time IPL XI. In the last 18 years, apart from Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, and Andre Russell from the West Indies have played more than 100 matches in the IPL and made big names for themselves.
ABD included former India and Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma as opener along with Matthew Hayden, who played 32 matches for CSK and also won the Orange Cap in IPL 2009.
Virat Kohli was included as the No. 3 batter by De Villiers, and the highest run scorer in IPL was followed by Suryakumar Yadav at 4. Surya is the captain of India's T20I team, and in IPL 2025, he won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season award. De Villiers included himself as the No. 5 batter, and he was followed by Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni.
Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga, who have only played for MI in their IPL careers, were the two pacers De Villiers picked in his all-time XI, and the two spinners were Yuzvendra Chahal and Daniel Vettori.
AB de Villiers' all-time IPL XI: Rohit Sharma, Matthew Hayden, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, AB de Villiers, Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lasith Malinga, Daniel Vettori.
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