WATCH : Faf du Plessis Reveals his Favorite IPL Moments

Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis recently revealed his favorite IPL moments. Faf du Plessis has been an integral part of the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings. 

He picked Dhoni’s knock of 84 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2019 and Suresh Raina’s 100 against Kings XI Punjab as his most cherished IPL memories. He also praised his two teammates Dwayne Bravo and Shane Watson for their brilliant knocks against Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively in IPL 2018. 

Faf posted this video on his Instagram account after he was nominated by teammate Suresh Raina to share his favorite IPL moment. This initiative was started by Matthew Hayden who nominated Raina and the chain goes on. 

Du Plessis started the video saying, “I have been very fortunate to be part of the team for almost 10 years now. I have some incredible memories of us winning two IPLs, two or three Champions League and some incredible games. I’m trying to remember some brilliant individual innings and my memory is not great so it might be a little bit off here and there but bear with me,” 

Faf du Plessis applauds CSK’s teammates for their brilliant knocks

Taking a trip down the memory lane, Faf first picked Suresh Raina’s century against Kings XI Punjab in 2013. He then praised the all-rounder Dwayne Bravo for his blistering inning against Mumbai Indians. 

“In 2013, Suresh Raina scored a hundred against Kings XI Punjab that won us a game on his own. That was a fantastic inning. Fast forward to 2018, Dwayne Bravo against Mumbai Indians. We were completely out of the game, he came in it 7-8 and 67 or 70 off 40-odd balls. That was basically hitting just sixes. How we won that game I still don’t know it,” 

He further talked about the brilliant knock by Shane Watson in the 2018 tournament finals against Sunrisers Hyderabad. 

“There was a Shane Watson who played a knock in 2018 final when he got a hundred and won on his own. He did it again in 2019, scored another IPL hundred and we fell just two-run short. He has been great from the last couple of years” 

Lastly, the 35-year-old ended his list with MS Dhoni’s one of the best innings in 2019 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Though CSK lost the match, MS kept the hopes alive for his team till the end. 

“Last year against RCB. I think we were 60-6 or 7 and basically, we should be bowled out for 90. He was in at the moment and absorbed pressure very well. Then he started hitting more and more sixes. The sixes he was hitting were out of the stadium. He ended up getting 87 off 40-odd balls (sic). I think it was 26 required off the last over and after the game, we were like what just happened,”