Delhi: The Australian cricket team is once again going to tour South Africa for a test series. After about eight years, a Test series will be played between the two teams on South African soil. In such a situation, that Test series of 2018 has once again come into discussion, when South Africa defeated Australia 3-1.

AB de Villiers was South Africa's biggest star in this series. Now he has told many such things to that tour, about which he gets emotional even today. De Villiers said that during the first Test he felt that the Australian team had crossed the limits of respect on the field. Amidst this anger and emotion, he wrote on social media that this series will be remembered.

De Villiers became emotional after the first test

In 2018, South Africa had to face defeat in the first match of the Test series against Australia. De Villiers was very disappointed after this defeat. While posting on social media, he wrote that this series will be remembered.

Recalling that post on his YouTube channel, De Villiers said that it was not just a tweet. After the first test, he had a strong desire to make a comeback. He was also angry with the attitude of the Australian team on the field.

'Australia had crossed the limits of respect'

De Villiers claimed that he found the behavior of the Australian players very bad in the first Test of 2018. Referring to an incident involving Nathan Lyon, he said that the ball was dropped near his body. According to him, it was not just about that incident, but a lack of respect was felt in the entire match.

He also mentioned some comments made on the field with Quinton de Kock and the increased tension between the players. De Villiers told that after the match, there was even a scuffle between the players of both the teams. According to him, Australia always played aggressive cricket, but in 2018 the team had crossed the limits on some occasions.

'Sandpaper Gate' took away the discussion of cricket

De Villiers still regrets that South Africa's brilliant comeback in that series was not discussed as much as it should have been.

During the series, the Australian team's ball tampering controversy came to light, which later came to be known as 'Sandpaper Gate'. In this case, Steve Smith and David Warner were banned for one year.

According to de Villiers, South Africa had made a comeback by playing brilliant cricket against a strong Australian team, but later the discussion of the entire series was limited to ball tampering, team changes and controversies.