IPL: It has been a life changing 10-11 years: De Villiers reminisces RCB days

But
for
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
fans,
one
of
their
favourite
cricketers
will
not
be
in
the
fray,
having
retired
from
the
game
last
November.
AB
de
Villiers
has
been
a
fan
favourite
and
Mr.
360
has
been
an
important
key
to
the
RCB
line-up
over
the
years.
But
with
the
former
South
African
international
retiring
from
the
game
last
year,
fans
and
teammates
will
miss
the
flamboyant
batsman
and
the
camaraderie
that
he
shares
with
the
team.

IPL:
They
have
that
trust
and
belief
in
me:
Padikkal
reflects
on
his
first
game
for
RCB

As
the
teams
gear
up
for
the
mega
auction,
De
Villiers,
speaking
to
RCB
Podcast,
opened
up
about
his
time
with
the
team.
“RCB
to
me
is
family.
I
mean
it
has
been
a
life
changing
10-11
years
to
me.
Like
any
other
family,
there
are
ups
and
downs.
There
are
beautiful,
there’re
amazing
rides,
there’s
a
bit
of
everything.
There
are
good
relationships
and
then
there
are
those
which
go
sour
and
that
is
all
part
of
the
fun.
I
look
back
with
no
regrets.
I
think
back
on
my
career
at
RCB
as
the
most
amazing
years
of
my
life,”
said
de
Villiers.

Talking
about
playing
in
the
IPL
and
his
experience
of
playing
in
India,
the
former
South
African
batsman
said,
“I
have
had
the
privilege
of
experiencing
IPL
cricket,
the
Indian
crowd,
and
the
Indian
way
of
doing
things
for
the
last
15
years.
Obviously
growing
up
in
India
would
have
been
interesting.
Maybe
I
would
have
never
played
for
India,
who
knows.
It
is
tough
to
make
it
to
the
Indian
team;
you
have
to
be
a
special
player.”

The
IPL
auction
is
set
to
be
held
on
February
12
and
13
with
590
players
set
to
be
part
of
the
auction.
From
the
upcoming
season,
the
IPL
will
be
a
ten-team
tournament,
with
the
addition
of
two
news
teams
from
this
edition.