‘What a knock from Faf Du Plessis’ – Twitter applauds Faf Du Plessis for a brilliant hundred against the Guyana Amazon Warriors
The 27th match of the Caribbean Premier League 2022 took place between the Guyana Amazon Warriors and the St Lucia Kings. The St Lucia Kings won the toss and elected to bat first on a wicket at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. The team took the first strike and made full use of the good batting conditions that were on offer. The batting for the St Lucia Kings was led by Faf Du Plessis who led from the front.
He has been in good form in T20 cricket, and he has continued his form from the Indian T20 League into the CPL he just plundered the bowlers to all parts and put them to the sword. The bowlers were pressed into submission and did not know what hit them. We have all seen how captaincy brings out the best of Faf Du Plessis as a batter and he proved it yet again while he was captaining the St Lucia Kings.
To be a captain is a very tough job as a good captain has to lead by example and has to show the way for his side and that is what Faf Plessis did. He scored a magnificent 103 from 59 deliveries, with ten boundaries and six hits which went over the fence. This put the Guyana Amazon Warriors bowlers under pressure as they ended up conceding a huge total of 194-5 to the St Lucia Kings.
Faf Du Plessis has been a big globetrotter and has played T20 cricket all over the world and he has set the bar high as a T20 player. He gets his runs with an absolutely no fuss approach and gets the maximum output just by playing good classical cricket shots which is the hallmark of Faf Du Plessis as a batsman in T20 cricket.
Twitter was abuzz, let us take a look at the reactions here –
Most sixes in CPL 2022 so far:
19 – Johnson Charles
18 – Kyle Mayers
16 – Brandon King
16 – Rovman Powell
15 – Faf du Plessis
10 – David Miller
9 – Azam Khan
9 – Kennar Lewis
9 – Raymon Reifer— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) September 22, 2022
HE’S DONE IT, 100 FOR FAF!! An innings fit for a King, and ONE KING ONLY!! Faf Du Plessis eat your heart out!! One of the best T20 innings you will ever see, and what a time to do it!! Take a bow, OUR CAPTAIN. #beinspired #CPL22 #kiteyenspiwew #GAWvSLK pic.twitter.com/w1Wq8szwbQ
— ! die hard fans of faf !™️ (@faf_fans18) September 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/akram_muzahidul/status/1573094696465084416?s=20&t=uwYhVt_p4DNU1ae58totSw
Fleming :
"Faf Du Plessis influence is going to be strong and leadership is important in franchise cricket. So to have a local, respected captain, and who has had a good period of time at the top, we see it as very valuable."#WhistlePodu #Cricket #IPL #CSK
— MSDian™ (@ItzThanesh) September 22, 2022
Faf Du Plessis Sir masterclass in CPL Entertaining Century. @faf1307 Sir Score 103 runs in 59 Balls Including 10 Fours and 6 Sixes. Such Treat to watch Faf Sir in Full Flow. pic.twitter.com/Rv91Zp7vBb
— Ayush Ranjan (@AyushRaGenius) September 23, 2022
Faf du Plessis' highest scores in T20 cricket :-
120* (in CPL) in West Indies, 2021
119 (in T20I) vs West Indies, 2015
103 (in CPL) in West Indies, yesterday#CPL22— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616) September 23, 2022
Faf Du Plessis in this CPL so far:-
47*(20), 7(10), 31(20), 60(35), 41(21), 2(4), 103(59).
•Innings – 7
•Runs – 291
•Average – 48.5
•Strike rate – 172.18
•4s/6s – 17/21 pic.twitter.com/ifMIT7yiDy— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) September 23, 2022
What a brilliant hundred smashed by captain Faf Du Plessis. His 4th century in T20 cricket – He scored 103(59) including 10 Fours and 6 Sixes against Amazon warriors in CPL. pic.twitter.com/J4euT3XUc0
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) September 23, 2022
What a knock by Faf Du Plessis – 103 (59) with 10 fours and 6 sixes. The next best scorer in the innings for Saint Lucia Kings was 36. pic.twitter.com/Nn50NRN7QJ
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 23, 2022
Faf Du Plessis smashed 103 runs from 59 balls including 10 fours and 6 sixes in CPL 2022. pic.twitter.com/8TgGpE56lX
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 23, 2022