The former South African cricket star AB de Villiers participated in several community service activities in Mumbai, in particular by playing cricket in wheelchair and by engaging in beauty boards in class. As champion of project of Project Mumbai, he spent a day to volunteer across the city, to connect with wheelchair athletes at Islam Gymkhana and to visit a BMC municipal school in Malabar Hill.De Villiers joined the Mumbai wheelchair cricket team during their training session at Islam Gymkhana, Marine Lines. He sat in a wheelchair to play alongside the team members, creating an atmosphere of enthusiasm and mutual respect.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The visit to the legend of cricket is part of the Satrang program of the Mumbai project, which promotes civic pride through community participation and the improvement of public space.
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At the BMC Municipal School in Malabar Hill, Villiers helped transform the classrooms by painting them. He also spent time at the CSSC Center, where he participated in a workshop for making paper bags with disadvantaged children.
“Mumbai gave me so much love over the years. Today, I wanted to give back not as a cricket player, but as a volunteer. There is something really powerful to work with others to improve spaces for children, families and for this incredible city,” said Villiers.‘I hope it will be the year for RCB’De Villiers also expressed his enthusiasm about Royal Challengers Bengaluru reaching the IPL 2025 final after their victory over the kings of Punjab. “I am very happy that RCB is in the final. The Mumbai Indians won last night and it will be a very good qualifier 2 … I am very impatient from the final and I hope it will be the year for RCB, “he said.The Royal Challengers Bengaluru qualified for their fourth IPL final, marking their first appearance since 2016. The team previously reached the final in 2009 and 2011, losing respectively against Deccan Chargers and Chennai Super Kings.RCB also lost the 2016 final against Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight points. They will face the winner to qualify 2 between the Indians of Mumbai and the Kings of Punjab in the final on June 3.