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.
<img title="Faf du Plessis" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/mar/faf.jpg" alt="Faf du Plessis" width="670" height="492" /> Faf du Plessis.
&gt;&gt; Du Plessis was born in Pretoria, South Africa.
&gt;&gt;&nbsp;The public school he attended had three other South African cricketers - AB de Villiers, Jacques Rudolph and Heino Kuhn.
&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Faf is the second cousin of Marcel du Plessis, who is a rugby player for Namibia.
&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Du Plessis is married to Imari Visser.
&gt;&gt;&nbsp;He is a right-handed batsman but also bowls leg spin at times.
&gt;&gt;&nbsp;He is the fouth South African to score a century on his Test debut. He did so in November 2012.
&gt;&gt;&nbsp;He has played for various clubs in different leagues such as Northerns, Titans, Lancashire, Chennai Super Kings, Melbourne Renegades and Rising Pune Supergiants.
&gt;&gt;&nbsp;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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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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