Summary De Villiers said he had been told he couldn't give away captain's arm band to circumvent future ban.
SYDNEY (AFP) - South Africa skipper AB de Villiers admitted Thursday he was so concerned about a possible World Cup suspension for slow over-rates that he considered handing over the captain s armband to a team-mate.
The Proteas were fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in their 130-run defeat by India, with de Villiers as skipper docked 20 percent of his match fee and facing the threat of a one-match World Cup ban if South Africa again fell short of the required over-rate.
De Villiers said he had been told he couldn t give away the captain s arm band to circumvent a future ban.
"I actually asked the umpires about it and I m the nominated captain for the tournament so I still get banned," said the captain on the eve of South Africa s Pool B clash against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
"We have spoken about it at length. I think all the captains are under pressure in this tournament, they re very strict," de Villiers added.
"It s understandable because this tournament is under the spotlight and things need to happen in the right way so I m under pressure, we know that, we ve had a good discussion about it.
"There is nothing else you can do about it than just get it right, it s just one of those things that you have to keep the intensity for 50 overs which is not easy.
"I believe the boys will react."
