Faf du Plessis vs Rajasthan Royals stats and last 5 innings list: Faf du Plessis vs Trent Boult IPL record

Faf du Plessis vs Rajasthan Royals: The captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore will be playing his 13th match against Rajasthan Royals tonight.

Qualifier 2 of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Narendra Modi Stadium in around four hours from now.

The winner of the second knockout match of the season will qualify for the final match which will be played against hosts Gujarat Titans at the same venue on Sunday.

Faf du Plessis vs Rajasthan Royals stats and last 5 innings list (first two paragraphs haven’t been updated)

Leading an IPL team for the first time, Royal Challengers captain Faf du Plessis hasn’t let the additional responsibility affect his batting. As a result, his 443 runs this season have come at an average and strike rate of 31.64 and 130.29 respectively.

du Plessis, who had failed to contribute with the bat against Lucknow Super Giants in Eliminator earlier this week, would be keen to generate some impact against Royals tonight.

Readers must note that du Plessis has played 13 matches against this opposition across seven seasons in the past. du Plessis’ 372 runs against RR have come at an average and strike rate of 28.62 and 129.17 respectively. Quite similar to his career stats, an improvement in these numbers will hand a massive advantage to du Plessis on Friday.

du Plessis, who has hit a couple of half-centuries against Rajasthan, had scored a best of 73 (52) in his first-ever match for them a decade ago.

Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Ground	Year
25	27	3	0	Ahmedabad	2020
23	21	3	1	Pune	2022
29	20	5	0	Mumbai (WS)	2022
25	19	2	1	Abu Dhabi	2021
33	17	4	2	Mumbai (WS)	2021

Faf du Plessis vs Trent Boult IPL record (updated)

A contest to look forward to in this match would be between du Plessis and Royals spearhead Trent Boult. In 14 T20 innings in the past, all du Plessis has scored against Boult is 86 (85) with the help of 14 fours. In the process, Boult has dismissed du Plessis thrice in this format.

While all these dismissals have come in the IPL, du Plessis has scored 76 (71) against Boult across 11 IPL innings.