Faf du Plessis looked in superb form in his first match as the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 against Punjab Kings. The South African batter had a watchful start as he played the anchor role alongside Anuj Rawat who opened the batting with him. However, Faf didn’t waste much time in changing gears after Virat Kohli arrived at the crease as he started taking the Punjab bowling apart.
However, Faf du Plessis smashed an audacious scoop shot in the 12th over. The incident occurred during the fifth ball of the over when the RCB skipper scooped Odean Smith handsomely over fine-leg for a massive six. Odean Smith bowled a full toss on leg stump but Faf walked across and scooped the ball with disdain reminding RCB fans of AB de Villiers.
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RCB lost only two wickets in their entire innings with Anuj Rawat (21), Virat Kohli (41*), and Dinesh Karthik (32* off 14) contributing to the total. They managed to score the season’s first 200+ total and posted 205 runs on the board in their quota of 20 overs. PBKS struggled with the ball and they also conceded a lot of extras in their innings as well.
Here is the video of the scoop shot from Faf du Plessis:
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Mayank Agarwal (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Raj Bawa, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Sandeep Sharma, Rahul Chahar
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Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
Here is how Twitterati reacted to the audacious scoop from Faf du Plessis:
Half century for @faf1307 in his first innings for #RCB !! #RCBvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/IMSVP3H1IP
— Swapnadeep Biswas (@Swapnadeep2002) March 27, 2022
FAFtastic❤❤
— simmy🦋 (@swee1706) March 27, 2022
🔥😳😳😳
— Data analyst💙 (@ICTFAN18) March 27, 2022
@imVkohli @faf1307 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/nEwCoagRPE
— D (@heythismeD) March 27, 2022
@ChennaiIPL
Dont you think,you have done a big big mistake by not picking @faf1307
At auctions.why??— 🇮🇳I m musani🇮🇳 (@ImranMusani27) March 27, 2022
CSK fans watching Faf Du Plessis pic.twitter.com/jQmFa4D1jz
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 27, 2022
Faf Du Plessis was 23*(34) to 64*(44) – 41 runs from just 10 balls.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 27, 2022
Fifty for Faf du plessis on the Captaincy debut for RCB. Brilliant Innings from Faf. He scored Brilliant 51* runs from 41 balls. #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/Lc016Iwbqa
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) March 27, 2022
#FafDuPlessis #RCBvPBKS #PBKSvRCB
How Faf Du Plessis started & converted his innings pic.twitter.com/9Ps0KFWwLB
— g0v!ñD $#@®mA (@rishu_1809) March 27, 2022
CSK fans watching Faf Du Plessis's innings – pic.twitter.com/JmItgz9Xmd
— Nidhi (@Sassy_Naari_) March 27, 2022
