{"id":25698,"date":"2016-02-12T04:03:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T04:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25698"},"modified":"2016-02-12T04:03:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T04:03:48","slug":"proteas-superstar-batsman-ab-de-villiers-signs-up-for-cpl-with-barbados-tridents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25698","title":{"rendered":"Proteas superstar AB de Villiers signs up for CPL with Barbados Tridents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-24405\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI.jpg\" alt=\"AB de Villiers South African Cricketer ODI\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Barbados:<\/strong> AB de Villiers has signed to play for Barbados Tridents in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Test and ODI captain will not miss any Protea matches and remains committed to representing South Africa in all forms of the game.<\/p>\n<p>De Villiers said: &ldquo;Barbados is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and I am honoured to have been invited to join the Tridents. The CPL has been growing each year, and I&rsquo;m pleased that this year the league fits so neatly within the Proteas&rsquo; international schedule.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dr Vijay Mallya, Chairman of Royal Challengers Bangalore, my team in the Indian Premier League, has recently secured an interest in the Tridents and I am very much looking forward to joining forces with him in another part of the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>De Villiers continued: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had a careful look at my schedule and am looking forward to the next few months. For players in my position, it is important to find a balance between playing international cricket and participating in the various T20 leagues around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I remain absolutely committed to international cricket but, this year, it just so happens I can play in the CPL as well; in contrast, for example, I have declined offers to play in the Big Bash League in Australia because it clashes with our home series against Sri Lanka.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-24405\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI.jpg\" alt=\"AB de Villiers South African Cricketer ODI\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AB-de-Villiers-ODI-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Barbados:<\/strong> AB de Villiers has signed to play for Barbados Tridents in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Test and ODI captain will not miss any Protea matches and remains committed to representing South Africa in all forms of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[2733,14688,14339,14690,4744,14689,14323],"class_list":["post-25698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-isn-front-stories","tag-ab-de-villiers","tag-barbados-tridents","tag-caribbean-premier-league","tag-cpl-2016","tag-cricket-news","tag-south-african-test-and-odi-captain","tag-t20-cricket-league"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Proteas superstar AB de Villiers signs up for CPL with Barbados Tridents - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25698\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Proteas superstar AB de Villiers signs up for CPL with Barbados Tridents - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Barbados: AB de Villiers has signed to play for Barbados Tridents in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League. 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