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He lost in a play-off last year, and Hennie du Plessis has set himself up for another bite of the cherry in the Limpopo Championship after a third round of five-under-par 67 on Saturday put him in a share of second ahead of the final round at Euphoria Golf and Lifestyle Estate in the tournament co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour and the Challenge Tour.
Bangalore will look to put their house in order against KolkataOver the years, bowling has been Royal Challengers Bangalore's Achilles' heel. It came back to bite them in the IPL 2022 opener against Punjab Kings, where they failed to defend 205.
Faf du Plessis smashed 88 on his Indian Premier League debut as captain but his side Royal Challengers Bangalore went down to Punjab Kings in a high-scoring match on Sunday.
A fine knock from new captain Faf du Plessis was not enough to prevent Royal Challengers Bangalore falling to a high-scoring five-wicket defeat in their opening Indian Premier League game on Sunday.
Newly-appointed Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis pummeled the Punjab Kings attack to submission as his 88 steered his team to 205 for 2 in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 game on Sunday. While Du Plessis showed his six-hitting prowess, hammering seven maximums in his 57-ball knock, Virat Kohli, who had stepped down as skipper, also chipped in with an unbeaten 41 off 29 balls. Wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik joined the party late in the innings with a quickfire 32 not out off just 14 balls.
Virat Kohli as part of the leadership group to learning from 'captain cool' MS Dhoni during his stint with CSK, Faf du Plessis is all excited to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming IPL. The former South African skipper, who was bought by the RCB for Rs 7 crore in the IPL mega auction earlier this year, was a key member of the Dhoni-led four-time IPL champions since 2012. "I was lucky enough to play under MS Dhoni for an extremely long time," the 37-year-old said in an interview on the IPL website.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) veteran Virat Kohli says Faf du Plessis's solid leadership skills was a key reason that they planned to grab his services for the upcoming IPL edition. Kohli, who has been with Royal Challengers right from the first edition in 2008 and as full-time captain since 2013, relinquished captaincy after last year's IPL. RCB will now be led by four-time IPL winner Du Plessis, who was purchased by the franchise for Rs 7 crore in the mega auction last month.
IPL franchise for the first time, newly-appointed Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis said his leadership style is pretty much similar to that of 'Captain Cool', Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The 37-year-old Du Plessis has been an integral part of Chennai Super Kings side under Dhoni since 2012 and also played for the the new-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant. "I'm very lucky that I've been around some fantastic leaders in my journey in cricket. I grew in with Graeme Smith, who is South Africa's best leader ever," the former South African skipper was quoted as saying in RCB website. "And then the 10 years with MS and Stephen Fleming, two fantastic leaders. I do think that there's similarity in MS style and my style in terms that we both are very relaxed characters," Du Plessis said. The South African also said that he found Dhoni to be complete "opposite" to what it was like captaining in South Africa.