Southampton: South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis has revealed that the last minute offer made by AB de Villiers to return to the national side for the ongoing World Cup was too late to consider. Speaking after Monday's washout game against West Indies, du Plessis revealed that he and de Villiers had shared a phone call in the last edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in which the latter told him about his thoughts of willing to play in the World Cup. "It was just a conversation, a phone call the night before the team got announced," the official website of the cricket world cup quoted du Plessis as saying. "It was just a 'this is what I'm feeling' (phone call).
"I said to him, 'I think it is too late but I will check in with the coach and the selectors the next morning'. When I spoke to the coach and the selectors, they all agreed that it was way, way too late to change the team on 99.99." It was revealed last week that offer was made by de Villiers in May, just a day before South Africa selectors announced their final 15-member squad for the prestigious quadrennial event.
