AB de Villiers will sit out the one-off match against Ireland

South Africa's ODI captain AB de Villiers will sit out the one-off match against Ireland on September 25 to allow himself more time to recover from the elbow injury that kept him out of the New Zealand Tests. Faf du Plessis will captain the team in his absence while Rilee Rossouw, who has recovered from a shoulder injury sustained in the triangular series in the Caribbean in June, was added to the squad as batting cover.

De Villiers' participation in the first ODI of the five-match series against Australia, which follows the Ireland game, is also in doubt. He will undergo a fitness test before any confirmation on whether he will play that match, which takes place on September 30.