AB de Villiers said he was keen to play World Cup but felt cornered. © AFP AB de Villiers shocked the world when he announced his retirement from international cricket in May last year. The South African star decided to call time on his glittering career after playing 114 Tests, 228 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 78 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Despite his international retirement, De Villiers continued to torment bowlers around the world in various domestic T20 leagues, which led many to wonder as to why he called it quits so suddenly — a year before the all-important World Cup. In an episode of ‘Breakfast with Champions’, AB de Villiers revealed that he was keen to play the World Cup 2019 but criticism over his decision to pick and choose matches made him feel cornered.”I was keen to play the World Cup but I left, I retired. It was a very sensitive situation. For the last three years of my career I was labelled as a guy who is picking and choosing when I was playing and when not. I got quite a lot of criticism from back home, which also played a role in me retiring. And it was then…