When De Villiers joined the ICC Hall of Fame, Virat said this heart touching thing while congratulating him.

Kohli wrote in his letter, “For AB, it is an honor to be chosen to write these words as he enters the ICC Hall of Fame. You fully deserve your place – after all, the Hall of Fame is the game. But your impact has been really unique, and rightly so, you are the most talented cricketer I have played with, absolutely number one. “

He further said, “But what stood out to me most was your belief in that ability. You had immense confidence that you could do whatever you wanted on the cricket field, and you did it normally. That's why you became so special, there is no better example in my mind than when we were batting together for RCB in 2016. We had bowlers like Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel, Andre Russell and Shakib Al Hasan. Chasing 184 runs against India, you came to bat with me when there were 70 runs on the board and Narayan was bowling.”

Kohli said, “You played some shots but missed some and told me during the timeout that you were not picking him very well. I thought I was doing that, so I remember I told you. Give me a strike and I will try to hit a boundary on that. In the first over bowled by Narayan, I was ready at the non-striker's end thinking that you are definitely giving me a single.”