How in the world did you play cricket like this? AB de Villiers reveals the reason behind his retirement | Cricket News

Ab de Villers revealed the real reason behind his retirement and said he played the last two years of his career with a detatched retina.
“When I got the surgery done the doctor actually asked me, ‘How in the world did you play cricket like this?’. Luckily my left eye did a decent job for the last two years of my career,” Ab de Villers told Wisden Cricket.
De Villiers, who has played 114 Tests, 228 ODIs, and 78 T20Is for South Africa, said Covid played an important role in why he didn’t reverse his international retirement.
“Covid certainly played a role, there’s no doubt about it,” he said.
De Villiers said the 2015 semifinal World Cup loss hurt him a big time and it took him a while to get over the heartbreak.
“From an international perspective, that 2015 World Cup hurt big time. It took me a while to get over that and then, when I got back into the side and I was ready to commit, I didn’t feel the same culture that I really needed at that time,” he said.
“I often found myself thinking, I don’t know, eh? Could this be the end of my career? I didn’t even really want to play IPL or anything else.
“I got away from everything in 2018 and then decided to push one more time with a bit of Test cricket, to try and beat India and Australia over here, and then I’ll call it.
“I didn’t want any spotlight on me. I just wanted to say, ‘I had a great time, thank you very much’.”