AB de Villiers announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this week at the age of 34.

The game will miss AB de Villers, the spellbinding magic only he could weave on the field.

At 34, AB de Villiers was not exactly a spring chicken, but then he was in a sport where people tend to leave when they are closer to forty than thirty five.

Former South African captain AB de Villiers announced his retirement from the international cricket on Wednesday.

As the news of AB de Villiers' retirement from international cricket started to sink in for many, many fans took to Twitter, continuing to mourn in the language they know best — MEMES.

AB de Villiers retires: Just like his many other fans, his followers in the entertainment business including Anushka Sharma, Arjun Kapoor, Saiyami Kher and others are disheartened about not seeing the ace-cricketer back on the field.

Former South African captain AB de Villiers has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.

AB de Villiers' greatness was not merely the volume or runs, the raft of records or the radicalism his stroke-play embodied. It was equally about his revving impact on the game.

A ‘tired’ AB de Villiers retires from international cricket, 12 months before South Africa’s ODI World Cup opener against England.

Sachin Tendulkar was one of the many who paid tribute to AB de Villiers after the former South African captain announced his retirement from international cricket.