Faf du Plessis has registered a special milestone in the 61st match of IPL 2023 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals. In the match performed at RR’s residence floor, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Faf scored 55 off 44 balls earlier than getting dismissed by KM Asif. The star batter has turn into the one fourth overseas player to cross the 4000-plus mark in the history of the match. He grew to become the fifteenth player to obtain the feat.
List of overseas gamers with 4000-plus runs in the IPL:
- 6265 – David Warner
- 5162 – AB de Villiers
- 4965 – Chris Gayle
- 4034 – Faf du Plessis
When it comes to Faf’s efficiency in IPL, he has scored 4034 runs in 128 matches that he has performed up to now. His highest rating is 96 runs and has a mean of 36.67. He has scored 32 half-centuries together with seven from the 2023 version of the match.Â
The 38-year-old who’s the main run-getter this season has additionally crossed the 600-mark. In the sixteenth version of IPL, Faf has smashed 631 runs up to now and has a mean of 57.36. He has hit 48 fours and 34 sixes up to now.
Earlier in the match, RCB received toss and opted to bat first. They registered a goal of 172 runs for RR. Interestingly, the workforce which is able to lose the sport, will probably be practically knocked out from the Playoffs race.
RR’s Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal
RCB’s Playing XI:
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj
