Castries, Saint Lucia: Saint Lucia Kings, the representative of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean Premier League of Cricket, congratulated Faf Du Plessis, a South African right-handed batsman playing for Saint Lucia Kings and currently playing in Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB), in Indian Premier League (IPL).
On Saturday, May 6, 2023, a match between Royal Challengers Banglore and Delhi Capitals was played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in the capital Delhi. The South African opener played another fantastic inning for his team, scoring forty-five runs in thiry two balls, hitting 5 fours and 1 six.
His contribution of forty-five runs helped RCB to set a big target to chase for Delhi Capitals. For the first innings, the total score was 181 losing four wickets. Most runs were scored by former Indian Cricket team’s captain Virat Kohli who scored 55 in 46 balls.
Unfortunately, the match resulted in a loss for Du Plesis’s RCB as Delhi Capital successfully chased the target of 182 in just 16.4 overs with twenty balls remaining.
The English batsman Phil Salt scored 87 in 45 balls, securing a comfortable victory for his team. Faf Du Plesis’s RCB currently ranks fifth on the Indian Premier League table after playing ten matches with five wins and five losses.
In the Indian Premier League, an orange cap is given to five top-scoring batsmen in the league Faf Du Plessis ranks number 1 as he has scored 511 runs in ten matches, the most in IPL 2023.
He is the captain of his team in both the Caribbean and Indian Premier League. While playing for Saint Lucia Kings, the South African batters played twenty-nine matches and scored 788 runs.
The St Lucia Kings secured their second win of the 2022 CPL by defeating St Kitts & Nevis Patriots with a commanding 61-run lead, led by an impressive 60 runs from their captain, Faf du Plessis.
