Captaincy was not one of my goals says South African skipper AB de Villiers
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887, has revealed that he never dreamt about leading his country at the highest level of the sport, but is excited now that he has been assigned the responsibility.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) made drastic changes to their national side earlier this month as De Villiers was appointed to replace http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Anthony-Donald-c43680 were brought into the coaching staff as head-coach and bowling coach respectively.
De Villiers shared that he always preferred to focus on his individual skills rather than looking after the whole team. However, he gave credit to the Test captain, Graeme Smith, to make him realize his leadership potential.
"Captaining South Africa was definitely not one of my goals but I started believing I could do it when Graeme Smith said I had a lot of leadership qualities. He said I should take more responsibility, act more like a leader and talk more in team meetings,"
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The 27-year-old de Villiers, entered international cricket in 2004-05 and since then he has been a permanent member of the Proteas team in all formats of the game. He is also considered as one of the most talented and dangerous batsmen
of the world.
De Villiers shares a great relationship with Kirsten and believes that the two can form a brilliant combination, which can serve South African cricket for years to come.
He praised Kirsten’s efforts with the Indian team, as the former South African opener helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011.
For his efforts and achievements, the former South African cricketer became the most successful coach in the history of Indian cricket, which is no mean feat.
"He's shown the same qualities as a coach, especially at the World Cup, and I hope I'll be able to help bring those into our side too. I'd like to be the same sort of captain, showing resilience. I think we'll complement each other
a lot, Gary's just a wonderful coach and a top-class human being," added de Villiers.
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