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    "excerpt": "Johannesburg, Feb 17:\u00a0\u00a0Faf du Plessis has stepped down from South Africa captaincy in Tests and T20Is effective immediately, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Monday. \"When I took over the lea",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Johannesburg, Feb 17:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Faf du Plessis has stepped down from South Africa captaincy in Tests and T20Is effective immediately, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;When I took over the leadership, I did so with the commitment to lead, perform and most importantly, to serve. As the team heads into a new direction with new leaders and a young crop of players, I feel it will be in the best interests of South African cricket to relinquish the captaincy in all formats,&quot;said du Plessis in a statement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 35-year-old has cited a need to take a step back from captaincy in order to help facilitate the emergence of the next generation of leaders within the team under Quinton de Kock.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;This was one of the toughest decisions to make, but I remain fully committed to supporting Quinton, Mark and my teammates as we continue to rebuild and re-align as a group,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The right-handed batsman captained South Africa in a total of 112 international matches across all three formats since December 2012 when he led South Africa for the very first time against New Zealand in a T20I series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;In a perfect world I would have loved to lead the team in the Tests for the rest of the season as well as the T20 World Cup, but sometimes the most important attribute of a leader is to be selfless.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I am healthy, fit, energised and motivated and certainly see myself playing an important role in the squad for as long as I continue putting in winning performances for the team,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Proteas will take on Australia in a three-match T20I series starting Friday.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&quot;This was one of the toughest decisions to make, but I remain fully committed to supporting Quinton, Mark and my teammates as we continue to rebuild and re-align as a group.&quot; - Faf du Plessis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mApfnwXUMX\">pic.twitter.com\/mApfnwXUMX<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialCSA\/status\/1229306202896637953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>",
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