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India.com
5 days ago
- Sport
- India.com
Friend of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni creates history to become the first player from his country to ..., his name is.....
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.
IOL News
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Growing the De Klerk family: Faf and Miné reveal they are expecting their second child
Faf and Miné de Klerk excitedly revealed that they are expecting their second child. Image: Instagram A new addition to the De Klerk team has been announced! The Springboks' Faf de Klerk and wife, Miné shared joyful news of their pregnancy and also confirmed the gender of their baby. The De Klerks have announced on their social media pages at the weekend that they are expecting baby #2 in a cute video with their one-year-old daughter, Remi-Ré. The couple used their cheeky swimwear line, Faffies, to share their pregnancy news. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ In the video, Miné and Faf are each holding two Faffies, in blue and pink. Their daughter shortly appears on the video and chooses the pink one, confirming that it is a girl. 'Surprise! We're growing the De Klerk team! Big sister Duty: Pick the Faffie of our new teammate… another girl on the way,' the couple excitedly captioned their joint Instagram post. Fellow rugby wives and friends filled the comment section with congratulatory messages for the couple. Frances Reinach commented: 'Congratulations you guys!' Miss South Africa 2008, Tatum Keshwar expressed: 'Beautiful guys! Congratulations.' While Marise Pollard added: 'Yeayyyyyy!!! I'm so excited.' Miné and Faf tied the knot in October 2022 at La Paris Estate in Franschhoek after being together for almost six years. In January 2024, they revealed to the public that they were expecting their first child. Later in February, baby Remi-Ré de Klerk was joyfully welcomed into the world. Early this year, Miné and Faf shared cute pictures of her first berry-themed birthday party. They captioned their joint Instagram post: 'Remi-Ré's Berry First Birthday. We love you precious baby girl.' The De Klerks are not the only rugby couple that announced that they are expecting. Just two weeks ago, Eben and Anlia Etzebeth also revealed that they are expecting their second child and also confirmed that it is a girl.
India Gazette
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Gazette
"Make it happen," quips Faf du Plessis as fans want him to star in film with Preity Zinta
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): IPL 2025 is about to conclude, and, no doubt, not only the players but the owners of the respective teams have also managed to be in headlines throughout the season, which kickstarted in March. One of them is Bollywood actor Preity Zinta, who co-owns Punjab Kings. From cheering for her team from stands to interacting with players from both sides and giving jerseys to the fans, Preity always makes sure to light up the stadium with her constant support, vibrant energy and 'dimpled smile'. Infact, many a times, several players have expressed their admiration for Preity. And now it seems like South African batter Faf du Plessis is also a fan of the 'Veer Zaara' actress. After the conclusion of the match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings on Saturday, a picture featuring Faf and Preity went viral on social media. One of the users on X posted the image, tagging both Faf and Preity. The user quipped that both should be featured in a movie already, noting Faf's 'action hero vibe' and how the actress is 'ageing like fine wine'. If this suggestion wasn't enough, the user went on to suggest 'sports drama' or 'royal romance' as genres for the film. The 40 year old batter seemed to take the post in good sport, replying, 'Make it happen' along with a laughing emoji and a camera, clapper board emoji. Meanwhile, Faf had a modest scoring season for DC, scoring 202 runs in nine matches with two fifties. He also led the team in final two matches with regular captain Axar Patel missing out due to injury. PBKS, currently placed second with eight wins, four losses, a no result and 17 points, will be aiming to solidify a top-two finish with a good showing against Mumbai Indians (MI) in their final league stage match on Monday at Jaipur. While DC failed to make it to the playoffs, finishing fifth with seven wins, six losses and a no result, giving them 15 points. (ANI)
Mint
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
'Make it happen,' quips Faf du Plessis as fans want him to star in film with Preity Zinta
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): IPL 2025 is about to conclude, and, no doubt, not only the players but the owners of the respective teams have also managed to be in headlines throughout the season, which kickstarted in March. One of them is Bollywood actor Preity Zinta, who co-owns Punjab Kings. From cheering for her team from stands to interacting with players from both sides and giving jerseys to the fans, Preity always makes sure to light up the stadium with her constant support, vibrant energy and "dimpled smile". Infact, many a times, several players have expressed their admiration for Preity. And now it seems like South African batter Faf du Plessis is also a fan of the 'Veer Zaara' actress. After the conclusion of the match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings on Saturday, a picture featuring Faf and Preity went viral on social media. One of the users on X posted the image, tagging both Faf and Preity. The user quipped that both should be featured in a movie already, noting Faf's "action hero vibe" and how the actress is "ageing like fine wine". If this suggestion wasn't enough, the user went on to suggest "sports drama" or "royal romance" as genres for the film. The 40 year old batter seemed to take the post in good sport, replying, "Make it happen" along with a laughing emoji and a camera, clapper board emoji. Meanwhile, Faf had a modest scoring season for DC, scoring 202 runs in nine matches with two fifties. He also led the team in final two matches with regular captain Axar Patel missing out due to injury. PBKS, currently placed second with eight wins, four losses, a no result and 17 points, will be aiming to solidify a top-two finish with a good showing against Mumbai Indians (MI) in their final league stage match on Monday at Jaipur. While DC failed to make it to the playoffs, finishing fifth with seven wins, six losses and a no result, giving them 15 points. (ANI)
Hindustan Times
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Virat Kohli secretly plots Faf du Plessis' dismissal, signals for a catch; then grabs it himself in very next over
For long, Virat Kohli shared the dressing room with Faf du Plessis during the latter's time with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Kohli opened the innings alongside Faf during their time together at RCB, and justifiably knows the South African's batting approach. And so, when Faf – now with Delhi Capitals – returned to face his former franchise RCB during Sunday night's match in Delhi, Kohli didn't shy from sharing some insider tips for the bowlers to plan Faf's wicket. Kohli was captured on broadcast cameras gesturing towards the bowler that Faf is unlikely to play the sweep shot, and also made a catching gesture. Interestingly, in the very next over, Kohli grabbed the catch at long-on to help dismiss Faf. Faf returned to the DC XI after missing a few matches for the side due to an illness. However, the South African looked far from threatening throughout his stay at the crease, scoring at a strike rate of less than 100 throughout the Powerplay. Faf struggled to get going throughout his innings and was eventually dismissed by Krunal Pandya for just 22 off 26 deliveries. However, Abhishek Porel gave DC an electrifying start, racing to 26 off merely 11 balls before being dismissed by Josh Hazlewood. The Australian, relentless with his hard lengths, took three balls to get the breakthrough as he cramped Porel to have him caught behind down the leg side. Karun Nair, who began with a short arm pull off Hazlewood for a boundary, played an ordinary shot off Yash Dayal in the following over, and his mishit was pouched at mid-wicket. The spinners came into operation after the powerplay, and overs 7-10 were the phase when RCB were able to stem the flow of runs. They conceded just 20 runs off the four overs from Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya, who got rid of du Plessis in that period. DC only gained some momentum towards the end of the innings, thanks to Tristan Stubbs's (34) blitzkrieg. The 18th and 19th over from Hazlewood and Dayal yielded 17 and 19 runs, enabling DC to cross the 160-run mark. KL Rahul was DC's highest run-scorer in their innings, scoring 41; however, he faced 39 deliveries to reach the score.
