AB de Villiers retirement to 'remain final' as South Africa announce squads for West Indies and Ireland tours

AB de Villiers had been in talks with South Africa head coach Mark Boucher about a return to the limited-overs side following his retirement from all international formats in May 2018.

Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers will not be coming out of retirement for the T20 World Cup later this year, the country's cricket board confirmed on Tuesday as it named the national squads for their upcoming tours of West Indies and Ireland. Test and T20I squads to @windiescricket1 Maiden #Proteas call up for Prenelan Subrayen1 Maiden Test nod for Lizaad Williams Your thoughts on both Test and T20 squads?#WIvSA #ThatsOurGame pic.twitter.com/k08HJQJeUr Tour squad to @cricketireland20 players3 ODIs3 T20Is#IREvSA #ThatsOurGame pic.twitter.com/xo2cSUB73L There were reports doing the rounds that de Villiers might make a comeback to international cricket for the showpiece event in India after head coach and former teammate Mark Boucher said he would "hold talks" with the superstar player. But Cricket South Africa made it clear that de Villiers's retirement "will remain final". The 37-year-old had taken the entire world by surprise when he decided stepped away from international cricket in May 2018.