Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis spoke at size within the recently-released RCB podcast concerning the influence of varied captains on his cricket profession. Faf performed a number of cricket at Chennai Super Kings firstly of his IPL profession and over there, he met MS Dhoni, the captain of the aspect, who displayed a really completely different type of management. Faf mentioned that there was a number of studying by simply watching MSD function as captain, utilizing odd ways to win video games. Faf additionally credited former South Africa captain Graeme Smith for having a significant influence on his life within the early levels of his profession.
“I always had this leadership perspective of learning from great leaders, it (leadership) was always something that I was fascinated about. When I initially came into the South African team, Graeme Smith was the captain. I was like, Wow, this guy’s got an amazing presence when he speaks — like this big, blinding roar at you, and he just dominated the room while speaking. So I was like, that’s a leader, right?” Faf mentioned.
Faf added that even the quiet presence of Stephen Fleming, head coach of Chennai Super Kings (CSK), had an impact on him. He mentioned that merely by sitting subsequent to Fleming you understood how good he was as a person supervisor.
“I got an opportunity to go to Chennai as a young-ish phase in my career. Stephen Fleming is one of the great leaders within the game, obviously, for New Zealand cricket also. The different aspect was him being a man manager, a guy who just works on relationships. And I go, Wow, that’s impressive. During my first season at CSK, I was sitting next to him (Fleming) and just asked him questions about captaincy and leadership, just to learn as much as I can. And then you put MS on top of that, and you go, Wow, this guy’s tactically odd to read the game like this. And you go, Okay, he is impressive as a captain,” mentioned the previous Proteas skipper.
However, Faf additionally mentioned that whereas he has learnt loads from the likes of Smith, Fleming, and Dhoni, he feels he can not copy them as captain
“I think what was really good for me to go through was, even with all of that, the conviction that I am not going to be Graeme Smith as a captain, I’m not going to be Stephen Fleming as a captain, I’m not going to be MS Dhoni as a captain. In order for me to be true to who I am as a person, I need to be me. Because if you’re not being you, then people will see through it, maybe not when you’re doing well but definitely when you are under pressure, or underperforming, the real you will reveal itself,” said Faf.
