Faf: Through Fire

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du Plessis has scored centuries on 10 occasions in Test, 12 occasions in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and once in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). He scored his first century in November 2012 against Australia on his Test debut, making an unbeaten 110 runs. [69] His highest Test score came in December 2020 against Sri Lanka when he scored 199 at Centurion. [70]

Royal Challengers Bangalore announces Faf du Plessis as captain for IPL 2022". SportsTiger. 12 March 2022 . Retrieved 12 March 2022. Test: Australia tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Mar 30 - Apr 3, 2018". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 December 2020. The cookie is set by CloudFlare service to store a unique ID to identify a returning users device which then is used for targeted advertising. On 17 February 2021, du Plessis announced his retirement from Tests after leading South Africa in 36 Test matches. [18] [68] International centuries [ edit ] Wanderers Stadium, where du Plessis has scored centuries in all three formats of the game.

Faf Through Fire

AB opened the batting with Herschelle Gibbs, so there is every chance that neither of our openers slept much the night before, but I can only testify for AB.” photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz So, the relationship with AB, there’s a few stories in the book where we go through this journey together and fast-forward to him giving me my first cap as a Test player at the age of 28. Nine years after he made his international debut. Even fast-forward to right at the end when we were playing together. Some of the challenges that were there around captaincy and friendship and all of that.” ODI: Australia tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Oct 2, 2016". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 December 2020. I was called to the door, where Huss had been waiting for a while,” du Plessis wrote. “He handed me a bottle of red wine with a handwritten note on the label: ‘Congratulations on your Test debut. I know you’re going to have an amazing career. Proud of you!’

From the age of 13 I go through this journey of this relationship that is about competitiveness, about friendship, about jealousy and envy, it’s about maturity,” he said about De Villiers. Then, a few minutes into the speech, Daryll raised his hand and told the coach to shut up. Then he turned to me: “What the f**k are you doing next to me? Why the f**k are you sitting here?” I froze. 'Take your bag and sit in the bath,' he continued to scold. 'You don't deserve to sit here.'" Du Plessis always thrived with a ball in his hand. Initially it was a tennis ball that he would always try to catch, but that eventually led to a red leather ball. Rasool, Danyal (16 September 2017). " 'We've been extremely well looked after' – Flower". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 16 September 2017.

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ODI (D/N), South Africa tour of India at Mumbai, Oct 25, 2015". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 December 2020. ODI (D/N): South Africa tour of Australia at Hobart, Nov 11, 2018". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 December 2020. Another important team practice that Du Plessis held dear was the “no cell phone” policy for a half-hour after a game. It gave the team time to connect with each other after a victory or a loss. In particular, it was vital to protect players from the abuse they would typically receive on social media if they did not perform on the day. Du Plessis understood the impact of social media on a player’s mental health after he, and his family, received death threats following South Africa’s loss to New Zealand in the quarter-final of the 2011 World Cup. Faf du Plessis unveiled as RCB's new captain for IPL 2022". ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 12 March 2022.

Du Plessis highlights the importance of the capping ceremony for a debutant. Inspired by Graeme Smith’s captaincy, Du Plessis asked players who knew the debutant closely to speak about the player. It was one way to ensure that players entering the team environment felt welcomed. This cookie is set by Addthis. This is a geolocation cookie to understand where the users sharing the information are located.Du Plessis among 21 foreign players to feature in PSL playoffs". Dawn. 3 November 2020 . Retrieved 3 November 2020. It will be the first appearance of Du Plessis in the PSL, though he had led a World XI to Lahore in 2017. ODI World Cup: The traits that make Rohit Sharma the captain, and how he differs from his predecessors Kohli and Dhoni And Hussey, whose career spanned both the end of Australia’s dominant era and the early days of players such as Maxwell, Khawaja, Steve Smith, David Warner, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon, is adamant that times have changed for the better. Ali, Rizwan (26 October 2013). "South Africa's Faf du Plessis fined 50 per cent of match fee for ball tampering". The Independent. London . Retrieved 26 October 2013.

That was hard for me. It was hard for AB as well because at that stage he thought he was done but then realised he could do one more World Cup. For both of us it was tough.” Writing the autobiography – which was officially published at the end of October – was “a process that I thought would be a lot shorter”, Du Plessis said. “I thought it would be a six-to-nine-month thing and then bring the book out last year, but it took two and a half years.” The start Prior to his first Test, du Plessis had taken part in the IPL for Chennai and built a rapport with Hussey. Having watched du Plessis’ 376 minutes and 466 balls of defiance with a combination of irritation and admiration, Hussey quietly chose to hand his Chennai teammate a bottle of red wine as a token of congratulation. The dressing room fell dead silent. Nos tried to brush off this interruption and continued talking. But after a minute or so, Daryll interrupted again: “No, stop.”

He was charged with ball tampering during a Test match against Pakistan, in an incident he now dubs “zippergate”. That incident – like many others on his journey – although negative, made Du Plessis a better person at the end of it, he said.