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Faf du Plessis is a South African International Cricketer. He made his first international appearance in an ODI against India at Newlands, Jan 18, 2011. He is the fourth South African to score a Test century on debut. Full Name: Francois du Plessis Birth Date: July 13, 1984 Birthplace: Pretoria Nationality: South Africa Jersey Number: 18 Height: 6 ft 1 in Role: Batsman Batting Style: Right Handed Bat Bowling Style: Right-arm leg-break

Major Teams

South Africa, Chennai Super Kings, Kent, Melbourne Renegades, Titans, Rising Pune Supergiant, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, World XI, Stellenbosch Kings, Paarl Rocks, Edmonton Royals, Belfast Titans

ICC Rankings

ICC Rankings
Format Test ODI T20
Batting 30 5 32
Bowling - - -

Batting Career Summary

Format Matches Innings NO Runs BF HS Avg SR 50 100 200 4s 6s
Test 65 112 14 3901 8582 137 39.81 45.46 21 9 0 482 21
ODI 143 136 18 5507 6218 185 46.67 88.57 35 12 0 495 66
T20I 47 47 6 1407 1049 119 34.32 134.13 8 1 0 130 45
IPL 71 64 5 1853 1462 96 31.41 126.74 12 0 0 163 59

Bowling Career Summary

Format Matches Innings B Runs Wickets BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
Test 65 5 78 69 0 0/1 0/1 5.31 0.0 0.0 0 0
ODI 143 11 192 189 2 1/8 1/8 5.91 94.5 96 0 0
T20I 47 2 8 3 0 0/0 0/0 2.25 0.0 0.0 0 0
IPL 71 1 6 16 0 0/16 0/16 16.0 0.0 0.0 0 0

Faf du Plessis’s International and IPL Debut

Test debut vs Australia at Adelaide Oval, Nov 22, 2012 Last Test vs England at The Wanderers Stadium, Jan 24, 2020 ODI debut vs India at Newlands, Jan 18, 2011 Last ODI vs Australia at Emirates Old Trafford, Jul 06, 2019 T20 debut vs England at Riverside Ground, Sep 08, 2012 Last T20 vs Australia at Newlands, Feb 26, 2020 IPL debut vs Mumbai Indians at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Apr 04, 2012 Last IPL vs Mumbai Indians at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, May 12, 2019

Faf du Plessis Record's

  • He is the second cricketer to score centuries in all international formats as captain, after Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan.
  • He is the first batsman to score centuries in all three formats of cricket at a single venue (Johannesburg).
  • He is the first South African to score a century in all international formats.
  • He is the first player to score a century in an innings of a day/night Test as captain.
  • He holds the record of the second-highest individual score (185) by a South African player in ODI.
  • On 17 December 2014, Du Plessis set the record for playing the most number of international cricket innings before scoring a duck (108) and also became the only batsman to play in over 100 international innings before first-ever duck.