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Sport in South Africa began to shut down last week following the emergence of Omicron, with travel bans and restrictions on flights leaving rugby teams and golfers scrambling to leave the country.
Kohli will be back at the helm for the second Test starting in Mumbai on December 3.
One of contemporary cricket's greatest batters, de Villiers has brought an end to his glorious 17-year career in top-flight.
Kohli has relinquished his T20 captaincy and from Wednesday's opening T20 International against New Zealand, Rohit will be the full-time skipper in the shortest format going into next year's World Cup.
The meme shows Williamson in discussion with Kohli, with the former India T20 skipper, wishing the New Zealand captain "Good luck for the final."
The new-look squad comprises IPL stars Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harshal Patel and Venkatesh Iyer.
The outgoing coach said sharing the leadership burden isn't a bad idea in a post COVID-19 world.
"I think it's time for the next lot to stake this team forward. Obviously Rohit is here and he's overlooking (sic) (overseeing) things for a while now," Kohli said at the toss.
The celebration followed India's thumping win over Scotland in the T20 World Cup.
Chasing India's total of 210/2, Afghanistan could only make 144/7 in 20 overs. India have climbed above Namibia in the points table by virtue of better net run rate (+0.073).
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