A.B. de Villiers has stepped down as captain of South Africa’s ODI team but said he is ready to play all three formats after a self-imposed exile from Test cricket. de Villiers sat out of South Africa’s recent 3-1 Test series defeat to England amid speculation that he was ready to ditch the five-day game having not played in the format since January 2016 through a combination of injury and personal reasons.
But with series to come in the 2017/18 season at home to India and Australia, de Villiers, 33, says he is now available once more. “Following this recent break, I really do feel refreshed and revived,” de Villiers said in a statement released on his behalf by CSA on Wednesday.