Faf du Plessis, who stepped down from South Africa captaincy after the 3-1 loss in the home series against England now wants to guide the team to develop a South African leadership group full of youngsters.
Du Plessis has a prolific captaincy record as South African captain. Out of 112 matches he captained South Africa across the formats; he took his team 69 times on the other side of the winning line.
Will miss the captaincy
South African batsman said in his statement that he will miss the captaincy but its time to move on for him. The leadership in South African cricket is an area to work upon and he wants to help the management with his experience of captaincy he gained over the years,
“I will miss the captaincy, but now I need to move on to try and add value to help create new leaders,” du Plessis said. “This is something I’ve looked at as my real purpose for next year. I think leadership is something we need to place some emphasis on in South African cricket and again, it’s an area I want to help in.”
Notably, Quinton de Kock named successor of du Plessis in white-ball cricket but the South African management yet to find a suitable candidate who can lead the side in the longest format of the game.
Still love to play for Proteas
Faf du Plessis, speaking further told that the last season was proved a quite season of his carrier. Things didn’t go according to the plan and the performance has not been up to the mark.
The former Proteas Captain also added that he would love to play for the side as a player and will groom the leadership group of next generation.
“I still love playing for the Proteas, I still love being involved with a Proteas,” he said. “I still see myself adding huge value. I’m still extremely motivated and keen to play for the Proteas in all three formats, so the hunger is there and I’m looking forward to it next season.
“Looking forward now, I think we’re in a position where I think we will start producing again. There are strong people in charge, plenty of experience and I think that will help South African cricket going forward.”
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