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Faf du Plessis

Full Name
Francois du Plessis
Born
13-07-1984 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Current Age
36 years old
Major Teams
South Africa, World XI, Chennai Super Kings, Rising Pune Supergiants, Rising Pune Supergiant
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Leg-break
Faf du Plessis

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    Video: Clinical South Africa beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets

Faf du Plessis Biography

Though he had made his limited-overs debut in 2011, Faf du Plessis really came to prominence with an outstanding start to his Test career, against Australia in 2012-13. He scored 78 and 110* on debut at Adelaide, the second-innings lasting a marathon 466 minutes. In his next Test, at Perth, du Plessis scored 78* to lift South Africa from 75 for 6 to 225, helping set up a massive victory. With time his numbers looked human. While he has got hundreds at regular intervals, the average has settled down in the mid-40s.
 
In between all that, he was appointed South Africa’s T20I captain when they announced separate captains for all three formats. He was also appointed Test captain when Hashim Amla and du Plessis’ childhood friend AB de Villiers both quit the post in 2016. 
 
Perhaps his most iconic innings came at Adelaide, in 2016-17. He was hounded by the Australian media and booed by the crowd after being accused of ball-tampering in the previous Test at Hobart. Du Plessis responded with a delightful 118*, becoming the first captain to register a hundred in a day-night Test.
 
Before the Test series du Plessis had led South Africa to a 5-0 ODI whitewash over Australia at home. In that series he scored 111 at Johannesburg, becoming the first to score hundreds in all three international formats on the same ground. Later that summer he scored 185 against Sri Lanka, at that point the highest ODI score by a South African against a Test-playing nation.
 
He also bowls leg-breaks, and in 2012 became the first bowler in history to take five-wicket hauls in consecutive innings — 5 for 19 against Easterns and 5 for 28 against Lions.
 
One of those roving T20 cricketers, du Plessis has played for Lancashire, Melbourne Renegades, Chennai Super Kings, and Rising Pune Supergiants (later Supergiant) as well as Titans and Northerns at home. However, when Nottinghamshire had offered a 21-year-old du Plessis a Kolpak deal he had turned it down.
 
An enthusiastic cook, du Plessis is also an Instagram celebrity due to his somewhat interesting shares.

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Faf du Plessis Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 67 114 4108 14 199 41.08 8873 46.29 10 21 508 21 61 0
ODIs 143 136 5507 20 185 47.47 6215 88.60 12 35 495 66 81 0
T20s 50 50 1528 7 119 35.53 1137 134.3 1 10 140 50 24 0
World Cup 23 21 926 5 109 57.87 1070 86.54 2 7 74 11 16 0

Faf du Plessis Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 67 78 69 0 -- 5.307 -- 0 0 0/0 0/0
ODIs 143 192 189 2 94.50 5.906 96.00 0 0 1/8 1/8
T20s 50 8 3 0 -- 2.250 -- 0 0 0/0 0/0
World Cup 23 90 85 1 85.00 5.666 90.00 0 -- 1/22 1/8

Faf du Plessis Career statistics

Test Debut

Australia v South Africa at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, November 22, 2012

Last Test

South Africa v Sri Lanka at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, January 3, 2021

ODI Debut

South Africa v India at Newlands, Cape Town, January 18, 2011

Last ODI

Australia v South Africa at Old Trafford, Manchester, July 6, 2019

T20 Debut

England v South Africa at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, September 8, 2012

Last T20

South Africa v England at Newlands, Cape Town, December 1, 2020

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Chasing a formidable target of 180, Bairstow slammed unbeaten 86 runs off 48 balls to guide England to victory in the final over with ...

IPL 2021: MS Dhoni to Faf Du Plessis, Players Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Could Retain Ahead of Mega Auction

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IPL 2021 | MS Dhoni Might Give CSK Captaincy to Faf Du Plessis: Former India Batting Coach Sanjay Bangar

Bangar feels Dhoni could hand over the captaincy to Faf Du Plessis - who has the experience of leading sides.

South Africa Recall Faf du Plessis For Home Series Against England

Du Plessis last played for South Africa in a T20I against Australia at home in February this year. He has not played an ODI since South ...

Andre Russell, Faf du Plessis, David Miller Pull Out of Lanka Premier League

Among those to have withdrawn includes Indian wicket-keeper batsman Manvinder Bisla, who played 35 IPL matches

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