Faf: Through Fire

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In February 2021, he was signed by the Quetta Gladiators for the 2021 Pakistan Super League [34] but, in June 2021, he was ruled out of the rest of the tournament due a concussion sustained during a match [35] after colliding with teammate Mohammad Hasnain. [36] He captained the Saint Lucia Kings in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League, [37] and the Bangla Tigers in the 2021 T10 League. [38] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. [39] The dressing room fell dead silent. Nos tried to brush off this interruption and continued talking. But after a minute or so, Daryll interrupted again: “No, stop.” The cookie is set by Krux Digital under the domain krxd.net. The cookie stores a unique ID to identify a returning user for the purpose of targeted advertising. Du Plessis, who hasn't officially announced his T20 retirement, but hung up his red-ball boots in February 2021 after SA's 2-0 series loss against Pakistan, told the story in his up-coming book, Faf: Through Fire,of how Cullinan treated him badly when he first spent time in the Titans' dressing room. He then turned to me: “Youngster, take your bag and f**k off! Jacques Rudolph is a Test player, and he’s not even sitting next to me. He sits on a chair, but you sit on a f**king sofa.

Test: India tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Dec 18-22, 2013". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 December 2020. AB de Villiers to have surgery, ruled out of Australia tour". ESPNcricinfo. 27 September 2016 . Retrieved 3 October 2016. In trademark Du Plessis humour, he describes a gathering organized by De Villiers on the eve of a Test match against England in January 2005 in which he scored 92 and 109. Match: Zimbabwe Triangular Series at Harare, Sep 2, 2014". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 December 2020.

Faf Through Fire

On 12 December 2016, with AB de Villiers stepping down as Test Captain, du Plessis also inherited the role. [53] ODI (D/N): South Africa tour of Australia at Hobart, Nov 11, 2018". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 December 2020. So, the relationship with AB, there’s a few stories in the book where we go through this journey together and fast-forward to him giving me my first cap as a Test player at the age of 28. Nine years after he made his international debut. Even fast-forward to right at the end when we were playing together. Some of the challenges that were there around captaincy and friendship and all of that.” But what appealed to me the most was his relationship dynamics with his parents and his wife- Imari and how much impact they have in his personality. He describes his relationship with AB de Villiers and other players in detail as well, in a very raw and honest way.

Du Plessis calls for harsher punishments for ball tampering". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 24 May 2022. It was the most precious gift anyone had ever given me in my life. This wasn’t the beer talking. I’m reflecting on it now, a decade later: I still consider it the best gift I had ever received.” During our first game at Centurion Park, about 15 players met in the dressing room for Nos to welcome us to this new environment.du Plessis has been found guilty of ball tampering twice during his international career. [97] The first time was during The Oval Test match in 2013 against Pakistan. In 2016, du Plessis was caught again ball tampering during the Hobart Test match against Australia. Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 22 October 2020. In a matter of moments, the idol from my childhood went from hero to zero. I lost all respect and admiration for him. Fortunately, the franchise had high hopes for me: The older players started calling my name and I was included in the group as the rookie, which made me sign a rookie contract.