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.

Then, a few minutes into the (Titans coach Dave Nosworthy's) speech, Daryll raised his hand and told the coach to shut up. Then he turned to me: 'What the f**k are you doing next to me? Why the f**k are you sitting here?'Walking out to bat in Perth, du Plessis expected to be the target of the aforementioned sledging, and had not bargained for what he actually heard. Considered to be the last in the golden generation of Proteas, he also won silverware with the Titans and his IPL franchise, Chennai Super Kings, multiple times. a b "1st Test: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Centurion, Dec 26-29, 2020". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 December 2020. Faf du Plessis unveiled as RCB's new captain for IPL 2022". ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 12 March 2022.

Asian Champions Trophy: Navneet Kaur finds the space, Deepika finds her footing as India down Japan in an entertaining ‘arm-wrestle’ I didn’t expect to learn this much about leadership in a sports autobiography. Faf is honest, open, vulnerable, and forthcoming in this book. He talks about how the Proteas built a culture and how he approached his role as a captain. I highlighted many passages and learnt a lot. On 12 December 2016, with AB de Villiers stepping down as Test Captain, du Plessis also inherited the role. [53] Faf du Plessis, captain of the Saint Lucia Kings, in the field against the Jamaica Tallawahs at Providence Stadium in Georgetown, Guyana, on 27 September 2022. (Photo: Ashley Allen – CPL T20 / CPL T20 via Getty Images) Upon concluding Faf: Through Fire, it would be hard not to reflect on the degree of vulnerability that Du Plessis displays. Given that he was a part of dominant teams since his school days featuring future internationals such as AB de Villiers, Neil Wagner, Kruger van Wyk, Heino Kuhn, and Jacques Rudolph, where they lost two games in three years, it must have been challenging for Du Plessis to come to terms with the long transition that the Proteas faced under his leadership.

a b "2nd Test: South Africa tour of Australia at Adelaide, Nov 22–26, 2012". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 December 2020. du Plessis has scored centuries on 10 occasions in Test, 12 occasions in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and once in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). He scored his first century in November 2012 against Australia on his Test debut, making an unbeaten 110 runs. [69] His highest Test score came in December 2020 against Sri Lanka when he scored 199 at Centurion. [70] In our team, we just thought, ‘Nah! Ball tampering and reverse swing have always been there.’ In fact, it was probably more prevalent when camera technology wasn’t as good as it is today.” I was bowled over when I saw Daryll sitting there. Here I am, a rookie and I share a dressing room with one of the most talented batsmen of his generation. I resolved to do everything in my power to learn as much as possible from him. I knew I would have to earn my place in the starting XI, but the presence of this Protea legend made the merger an incredible opportunity for me to grow.

The cookie is set by CasaleMedia. The cookie is used to collect information about the usage behavior for targeted advertising. The three things that were running from my hand into the paper were leadership, culture and relationships. Those are the three things that are the throughline of the book.After the failure of that World Cup (South Africa finished seventh in the 10-team showing), Du Plessis was once again determined to learn from his errors. I was called to the door, where Huss had been waiting for a while,” du Plessis wrote. “He handed me a bottle of red wine with a handwritten note on the label: ‘Congratulations on your Test debut. I know you’re going to have an amazing career. Proud of you!’ He responded, ‘Thanks mate!’ To which I replied, ‘There will be a s***storm for a while. But stay strong.’ His second Hundred came only 6 days later in his next ODI match on 2 September 2014. He scored 126 from 109 balls against the same opposition although South Africa lost by 62 runs. After making his maiden ODI hundred on 27 August 2014, and a consecutive ODI hundred on 2 September 2014, du Plessis followed with a third consecutive ODI hundred, scoring 121 off 140 balls, this time against Zimbabwe on 4 September 2014. (South Africa were playing an ODI tri-series with Australia and Zimbabwe.) There’s a 99.8% chance that this isn’t for you. Only 0.2% of our readers have responded to this call for action.