Abraham Benjamin de Villiers(born 17 February 1984) is a South African former internationalcricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest batters of his generation.[3]de Villiers was named as theICC ODI Player of the Yearthree times during his 15-year international career.[4]He was one of the fiveWisdencricketers of the decade at the end of 2019.[5]He began his international career as awicket-keeper-batter, but he has most often played only as a batter.