Faf du Plessis IPL 2023 Runs: RCB Captain’s Last 10 T20 Innings List

Gurpreet Singh | 09/05/2023
Faf du Plessis IPL 2023 Runs: RCB Captain's Last 10 T20 Innings List

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis has been in phenomenal form in the ongoing 16th season of the Indian Premier League, having already smashed six half-centuries across the 11 innings so far.

Presently donning the Orange Cap (for most number of runs), the 38-year-old has made it a point to provide blistering starts to his team especially in the Powerplay, and his improved game against spinners has made him an even more dangerous batter than the preceding years.

His strike rate of 149.01 against the spinners this season (until April 30) has been the highest across all his preceding years in the IPL (where he had played a minimum of 100 deliveries).

In fact, amongst the present top-10 leading run-scorers in IPL 2023, the Proteas batter’s strike rate is the second-best – at 157.80, with the Rajasthan Royals opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal leading in his facet of the game, striking at 160.60.

Faf du Plessis IPL 2023 Runs

Faf du Plessis has amassed a total of 576 runs across 11 innings so far in IPL 2023, at a stellar average of 57.60.

Having batted as an opener across all these innings, du Plessis has, so far, scored these runs after facing mere 365 deliveries. His six half-centuries have been scored with the help of 45 Fours and 32 Sixes.

His highest score of 84 (56) this season, had arrived against the Punjab Kings at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium Stadium, in Mohali.

RCB Captain’s Last 10 T20 Innings List (updated on May 20,2023)

28 (19) – v/s. Gujarat Titans, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru)

71 (47) – v/s. Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Hyderabad)

55 (44) – v/s. Rajasthan Royals, at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur)

65 (41) – v/s. Mumbai Indians, at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai)

45 (32) – v/s. Delhi Capitals, at Arun Jaitley Stadium (Delhi)

44 (40) – v/s. Lucknow Super Giants, at Ekana Cricket Stadium (Lucknow)

17 (7) – v/s. Kolkata Knight Riders, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru)

62 (39) – v/s. Rajasthan Royals, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru)

84 (56) – v/s. Punjab Kings, at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium Stadium (Mohali)

62 (33) – v/s. Chennai Super Kings, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru).

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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