Former South Africa skipper Faf Du Plessis stood down from captaincy after SA suffered from three straight series defeats. Quinton de Kock took on the responsibility and was named South Africa’s limited-overs captain after the 2019 World Cup. With excellent performances as CSA skipper, Quinton de Kock was the leading candidate to be announced the captain of the South African team in Test cricket. However, In order to keep him fresh, former skipper Graeme Smith said CSA will not risk him as captain in all three formats.

Being an ex-skipper himself, Smith felt it is taxing for a single cricketer to lead his country in all the three formats. Smith said,  “The one thing I can confirm is that Quinton will be our white-ball captain and he won’t be the Test captain going forward. We want to keep Quinton fresh and playing well. I’ve always believed, having been in the job myself, that captaining all three formats is challenging. We’ve seen a number of nations trying to figure out what’s best. I think across three formats, it probably doesn’t work.”

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Cricket South Africa (CSA) director of cricket Graeme Smith commented that the cricketing association’s management hasn’t decided the Test captain and he cannot pinpoint someone now.

“I can’t tell you who it is going to be. We are in a debate over it. There’s no one person that you could pinpoint right now,”  Graeme Smith said.

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Cricketer-turned-commentator Smith felt with so many talented players vying for selection, the challenge is big for the selectors. “There’s still a lot of players that are vying for selection. I think it is the challenge we sit with at the moment. There’s a lot of players on a similar level,” Smith said.