South African cricketer and T20I captain Francois Du Plessis celebrates his birthday today. On this day, we take a look at some interesting trivia, records and achievements by the Proteas player
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South African cricketer and T20I captain Francois Du Plessis celebrates his birthday today. On this day, we take a look at some interesting trivia, records and achievements by the Proteas player.
Faf du Plessis.
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>> Du Plessis was born in Pretoria, South Africa.
>> The public school he attended had three other South African cricketers - AB de Villiers, Jacques Rudolph and Heino Kuhn.
>> Faf is the second cousin of Marcel du Plessis, who is a rugby player for Namibia.
>> Du Plessis is married to Imari Visser.
>> He is a right-handed batsman but also bowls leg spin at times.
>> He is the fouth South African to score a century on his Test debut. He did so in November 2012.
>> He has played for various clubs in different leagues such as Northerns, Titans, Lancashire, Chennai Super Kings, Melbourne Renegades and Rising Pune Supergiants.
>> Until 2014, Du Plessis was never dismissed for a duck. The first time he did was during a qualifier match against Kings XI Punjab in the IPL.
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