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Faf du Plessis, one of the legendary players of T20 cricket, is currently playing in Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025. In this tournament, he is the captain of Texas Super Kings. On June 16, Texas Super Kings (TSK) faced Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) in MLC 2025. In this match, as soon as Texas captain Faf du Plessis arrived for the toss, he created history. This was Faf's 200th match as captain in T20 cricket. He has become the first South African player to captain in 200 matches in T20. Faf du Plessis has played for both CSK and RCB in the IPL and is considered a close friend of both MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.
MS Dhoni holds the record for captaining in most matches in T20 cricket. Dhoni has captained in 331 matches in his career. At the same time, Rohit Sharma's name is at number two, he has captained in 225 matches. West Indies' Darren Sammy has captained in 208 matches and is at number three in this list. England's James Vince is at number four with a record of captaincy in 208 matches. At the same time, now Faf du Plessis has reached number five in this list.
Talking about Faf du Plessis' record as captain, he has captained in 200 T20 matches. Out of which he has won 104 matches while he has faced defeat in 88 matches. There were 11 matches which had no result, while 2 matches were tied. Looking at these figures, it would not be wrong to say that he is one of the most successful captains in the T20 format.
In MLC 2025 also, the Texas Super Kings team has made a great start under his captaincy. The team has played two matches so far this season and has won both and is second in the points table with 4 points.
Talking about the match played between Texas Super Kings and Los Angeles Knight Riders, Texas won by 57 runs. Batting first, Faf's team scored 181 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs.
In reply, Los Angeles' team was all out after scoring 124 runs in 17.1 overs.
Noor Ahmed was the hero of TSK's victory in this match, he took 4 wickets for 25 runs in his 4-over spell.
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