Proteas Test captain Hashim Amla has announced that he will be stepping down as the team leader with immediate effect following the drawn England Tour of South Africa second Test in Cape Town on the 6th of January 2016. The shocking news come after Amla batted for two days with AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis respectively, to put the Proteas in a safe place on day three and four, scoring 201 in the process. The 32-year-old with 89 Tests for South Africa at an average of 50.05 and over 7000 Test runs says the decision has been pending for some time now and he has no regrets over it.