Former Proteas captain Faf du Plessis has revealed the details related to his omission from South Africa’s T20 World Cup squad earlier this year, claiming Cricket SA had “unrealistic expectations”.
Although retired from Test cricket, Du Plessis, 37, remained committed to playing white-ball cricket for the Proteas, which included the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
The veteran was still in fine form, having been named Player of the IPL final.
However, it was seemingly Du Plessis' commitments to the various T20 and T10 leagues around the world that that created the dispute.
He says: “I think they [CSA] wanted people who were available all the time and that made it a challenge for the guys like myself and Imran Tahir because we were playing overseas as well.
“I think that’s the challenge now because we are playing overseas and they want us to play all the games which is an unrealistic expectation.”