Former South African captain Faf du Plessis is at the moment main Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League 2023. du Plessis was signed by Bangalore final 12 months for a worth of INR 7 crores, and he was straightaway made the captain of the facet.

After former India captain Virat Kohli left the management duties of RCB, the franchise wanted a brand new captain. In his first season, du Plessis impressed everybody along with his batting and captaincy abilities. Bangalore managed to qualify for the playoffs, and du Plessis was the very best run-scorer of the facet.

du Plessis scored 468 runs in IPL 2022 at a median of 31.20 with the assistance of three half-centuries. He had a strike-rate of 127.52. After making his IPL debut with Chennai Tremendous Kings in 2012, du Plessis had all the time performed with former India captain MS Dhoni from 2012 to 2021 (Chennai Tremendous Kings and Rising Pune Giants).

Faf du Plessis in Chinnaswamy Stadium

Speaking about du Plessis’ file in Bengaluru, he has loved batting right here in IPL. In 5 matches, he has scored 165 runs at a median of 82.50. He has smashed two half-centuries and his strike-rate has been 138.66. The pitch on the Chinnaswamy Stadium has all the time favoured the batters, and the RCB captain will benefit from the dwelling situations.

In worldwide cricket, du Plessis had not performed a single white-ball recreation right here. He had performed one Check, the place he couldn’t rating a single run. It’s clear that he has not performed many video games right here in Bengaluru and his file ought to enhance the extra he performs right here.

FormatMatchesRunsAverageStrike Rate10050IPL516582.50138.6602T20IDNP00.000.0000Test100.000.0000ODIDNP00.000.0000Faf du Plessis file in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants

RCB will play their second dwelling match of IPL 2023 in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants tonight. After successful their first match in opposition to Mumbai Indians at dwelling, they confronted defeat in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders. RCB will probably be trying to get a win of their dwelling situations once more.

du Plessis performed a few matches in opposition to Lucknow final season, the place he scored 96 runs with the assistance of a half-century. He had a strike-rate of 147.69 and would need to pounce upon that file.

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