Every cricket lover knows about AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli’s friendship. Both players respect each other a lot and have praised each other on many occasions. But when former South African cricketer De Villiers was asked about his top-5 best cricketers (against or together), the surprise was that he did not give Virat Kohli a place in it. His list includes Sachin Tendulkar. However, he also apologized to Virat after this.

AB de Villiers included an Indian player as Sachin Tendulkar in the top-5. Apart from him, De Villiers selected one Pakistani and 3 Australia, England and South Africa players.

De Villiers chose South African all -rounder Jack Kallis, England’s Andrew Flintoff, Australia’s Shane Warne. He also chose Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif in it.

Apologies to Virat Kohli

However, De Villiers also apologized for not including Virat Kohli in the list. Taking the name of these players on the Beck Bifour Wicket Podcast, he said, “When Sachin Tendulkar used to come on the field to bat, the way he was welcomed, as if everything has stopped. It is very nice to watch them batting. Virat Kohli, forgiveness, so it becomes a little difficult to answer such questions.”

AB de Villiers believes Jack Kallis is the best cricketer ever. He said, “Jack Kallis is the best all -rounder or the best cricketer ever.”

He chose Mohammad Asif of Pakistan in this list and said, “He was also among the best bowlers bowling in front of me in my career. I loved playing against Shane Warne, but I never had any difficulty.” He said that he also liked Warne’s personality.

Talking about Andrew Flintoff, he said, “He, who did well in big matches. The ball that I put to Jack Kallis in Edgbaston was the best yorker ball that I have seen.

Cricket, football or any other game, there are some players who leave their mark on fans forever. Taking the example of cricket, the career of veterans like Don Bradman, Gary Sobers, Sachin Tendulkar, James Anderson was so historic that people would remember him for decades. But in the meantime, there were some cricketers who left an impression on international cricket, but now they have disappeared somewhere. Even they do not appear in the Legends League.

1. James Faulkner

Australian all -rounder James Faulkner could play only 1 Test match, but he left a good impression in a white ball career. He took 132 wickets for Australia by mixing ODI and T20. Who can forget the innings played against India in Mohali when he won the innings of 64 runs in 29 balls in the third ODI match to win Australia by 4 wickets. Faulkner is not seen playing competitive cricket anywhere after PSL 2022.

2. Mohammad Asif

Shoaib Akhtar himself has accepted that Mohammad Asif could have become one of the greatest bowlers of cricket while playing long. Asif had mastered swinging the ball on both sides, had taken 106 wickets in just 44 Test innings. Although Asif’s ban is over, but now it is not visible anywhere.

3. Marvan Atapattu

Marvan Attapatu has been the former captain of Sri Lanka, under his captaincy Sri Lanka won the 2004 Asia Cup. Scored 5502 in 90 Tests and 8529 runs in 268 ODIs. He was last seen playing for Sri Lanka in 2007. As soon as the era of T20 cricket started, Attapattu disappeared somewhere. After retirement, he has appeared very rarely in the media.

4. Demian Martin

Demian Martin also became one of the reasons, due to which India lost the 2003 ODI World Cup final. Martin scored an unbeaten 88 in the final match, helping Australia reach a score of 359. He scored 9,872 runs in his international career, but after 2006 he has been seen getting down on the cricket field very rarely.

5. Nathan McCullum

Nathan McCullum proved to be a match winner for New Zealand as an all -rounder. He took 121 wickets for New Zealand in international cricket, but he has never played competitive cricket after retirement in 2016. At the same time, his brother Brendon McCullum remains in constant discussion and is currently the head coach of the England team.

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