A.B. de Villiers steps 負かす／撃墜する as South Africa 実験（する） captain
A.B. de Villiers stepped 負かす／撃墜する as South Africa's 実験（する） captain on Monday, a 決定／判定勝ち（する） 誘発するd by his 長引かせるd absence through 傷害 and the success of stand-in 船長／主将 Faf du Plessis on the 勝利を得た 小旅行する of Australia.
に引き続いて De Villiers' 告示, when he also said that Du Plessis should be his 後継者, Cricket South Africa 確認するd Du Plessis as the new captain.
De Villiers took over at the beginning of the year, 中途の through a series against England, after Hashim Amla 辞職するd. South Africa lost that series and De Villiers hasn't played a 実験（する） since, 行方不明の a home series victory over New Zealand and the 2-1 勝利，勝つ in Australia. De Villiers has also been 支配するd out of the three-match series against Sri Lanka starting this month because of his left 肘 problem.
FILE - In this Sunday, July 5, 2015 とじ込み／提出する photo, South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis, 権利 shakes 手渡す with Bangladesh's captain Mashrafe Mortaza, with AB de Villiers, left, after their 勝利，勝つ over Bangladesh during their first Twenty20 international cricket Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A.B. de Villiers has stepped 負かす／撃墜する as South Africa?s 実験（する） captain, a 決定／判定勝ち（する） 誘発するd by his 長引かせるd absence through 傷害 and the success of stand-in 船長／主将 Faf du Plessis on the 勝利を得た 小旅行する of Australia. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad, とじ込み／提出する)
"The 利益／興味s of the team must always outweigh the 利益／興味s of any individual, 含むing me," De Villiers said in a 声明. "It was a fantastic 栄誉（を受ける） for me to be asked to captain the 実験（する） 味方する but I have 行方不明になるd two series. ... に引き続いて the squad's 優れた 業績／成果s in Australia, it is 明確に in the greater 利益／興味s of the team that Faf du Plessis should be 確認するd as the 永久の 実験（する） captain."
It means De Villiers' time as captain spanned just two 実験（する）s, a seven-wicket loss to England that decided the series and a なぐさみ 280-run 勝利，勝つ for South Africa.
Du Plessis' impressive captaincy in Australia, with the Proteas winning the 実験（する） series にもかかわらず 存在 without De Villiers and losing 急速な／放蕩な bowler Dale Steyn 早期に in the first game, led to talk in South Africa that he should be given the 職業 永久的に. Du Plessis had earlier led South Africa to victory over New Zealand and a 5-0 whitewash of Australia in a one-day international series.
De Villiers 明確に 認めるd that Du Plessis appeared to be the 権利 man for the 実験（する） 職業 and said: "He will have my 明白な suppor t."
The two men are の近くに friends, having first played together in the same school team in Pretoria.
De Villiers was now 的ing a return from 傷害 in the one-day series against Sri Lanka in January, CSA said.
