By: Drcricket7 Staff
AB de Villiers has resigned as South Africa’s Test captain. He has made way for childhood friend Faf du Plessis to lead the Proteas in the Whites. Du Plessis recently led South Africa to a Test series win over Australia.
The decision came after an elbow injury ruled de Villiers out of the Sri Lanka Test series. This will be the third series in a row that the Proteas batsmen is missing. He might not play the limited-overs series, too.
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“The interests of the team must always outweigh the interests of any individual including me,” de Villiers said. “It was a fantastic honour for me to be asked to captain the Test side but I have missed two series.”
“Following the squad’s outstanding performances in Australia, it is clearly in the greater interests of the team that Faf du Plessis should be confirmed as permanent test captain,” he added.
Du Plessis will be the third captain of South Africa’s Test side, since the retirement of Graeme Smith.
