Boucher insists his exit won't hamper Proteas' T20 World Cup: 'I'm 100% committed to the players'

Proteas head coach Mark Boucher believes his shock departure from the men's national team will not hamper the spirit ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia next month.

Speaking at the departure press conference before the Proteas headed to India for a three-match T20 and ODI tour before the big showpiece, Boucher said he remained "100% committed to the players".

Boucher announced he would step away from his Proteas role after nearly three years to take charge of Indian Premier League giants Mumbai Indians at the close of the T20 World Cup, which ends 13 November.

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"It's going to be very easy for me to keep the focus of the players. I'm 100% committed to the players and to the Proteas going into a World Cup," said Boucher.

"I'll remain 100% committed to this team. My decisions from a personal perspective, it’s not going to hamper these guys at all.

"I've always said that I'm in this job for the players and the players alone and I will continue to give them everything that I have to try get the best outcome for them at the World Cup."

Boucher, who had a four-year contract to take SA to the 50-over Cricket World Cup in India next year, wouldn't expound on his reasons why he would relinquish the chance to take the team he built from 2019 to the biggest event in the sport.

In his time in charge, Boucher faced a mountain of off-field tribulations that at one point seemed to threaten his job, including racism allegations emanating from the CSA Social Justice and Nation-building hearings.

His employers later dropped the charges against him.

"On Mumbai Indians questions, I'm under contractual obligations by CSA and Mumbai Indians that I don't