IPL 2023: Like Faf Duplessis if injured, playing stormy innings for RCB and scoring half-centuries in three consecutive matches

Faf du Plessis scored 3 consecutive fifties: RCB cricket team’s regular captain Faf du Plessis is batting amazingly for his team in IPL 2023. He suffered a rib injury while playing against the CSK team, but he batted brilliantly in that match and scored a half-century. After this, due to his injury, he did not captain the match against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, but came out to bat and scored half-centuries against both the teams.

Ingers Duplessis is playing a stormy innings

Usually the player who is injured rests and tries to get on the field after being fully fit, but the case with Duplessis is a bit different. He has become more dangerous after being injured and is playing more than one excellent innings for his team. However, he is only batting and not getting on the ground to field. Duplessis has been scoring back-to-back half-centuries in the last three matches with injuries, including 62 off 33 balls against Chennai, 84 off 56 balls against Punjab and 62 off 39 balls against Rajasthan.

Last three innings of injured Duplessis

62 runs (33 balls) vs CSK
84 runs (56 balls) vs PBKS
62 runs (39 balls) vs RR

First batsman to score 400 runs in IPL

Faf Duplessis scored an inning of 62 runs against Rajasthan and became the first batsman to touch the 400-run mark this season. This season’s Orange Cap is with him at the moment and runs are coming out of his bat continuously. Duplessis has played 7 matches so far this season, scoring 405 runs at an impressive average of 67.50 and an excellent strike rate of 165.30, with 5 half-centuries. In these seven matches, he has hit 33 fours and 25 sixes.

Century partnership with Maxwell

Duplessis shared a century partnership for RCB with Glenn Maxwell against Rajasthan. Both these batsmen made a century partnership of 127 runs for the third wicket. In this match, Glenn Maxwell also played an excellent batting for the team, scoring 77 runs in 44 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 6 fours. Whereas Virat Kohli was dismissed for zero in this match.