On Wednesday, Former South Africa wicketkeeper AB de Villiers turned down reports of him CSA approach. It was rumored that South Africa’s cricket body has approached him to captain the team after he was quoted by a Television show as saying the same.
Ab de Villiers tweeted, “Reports suggesting Cricket SA have asked me to lead the Proteas are just not true. It”s hard to know what to believe these days. Crazy times. Stay safe everyone.”
Reports suggesting Cricket SA have asked me to lead the Proteas are just not true. It's hard to know what to believe these days. Crazy times. Stay safe everyone.
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) April 29, 2020
Earlier, Star Sports show ”Cricket Connected” quoted the 36-year-old former keeper saying “been asked by Cricket South Africa to lead the Proteas again.”
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Ab de Villiers has featured in over 114 Test matches for South Africa. The former captain has represented his national team in 228 ODIs and 78 T20s. AB de Villiers retired from international cricket in 2018 but still continues to ply in franchise league competitions like the IPL. South Africa team head coach and one of the legends of the game, Mark Boucher also spoke on AB’s consideration. He said that de Villiers can rejoin the SA team for the T20 World Cup only if proves himself to be the “best man for the job”.
Cricket South Africa director of cricket Graeme Smith has revealed the truth on the situation terming those reports as absolutely fake. The former batsman took to twitter and shared a tweet, clarifying the situation. He tweeted: “Sorry this is absolute #FakeNews.”
Sorry this is absolute #FakeNews https://t.co/zaasJprRGf
— Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49) April 29, 2020
Earlier, de Villiers spoke on how mental and physically demanding it is to be top stars these days due to non-stop cricket.
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“Each player must consider his own circumstances and make his own decision. I reached a point where I wanted to see more of my wife and two young sons and seek a reasonable balance between family and cricket. The mental and physical demands on the leading players are massive these days, but each player must decide what he can and can’t do,” he pointed.
