IPL 2024: Notable records and stats of Faf du Plessis
Faf du Plessis led Royal Challengers Bengaluru's miraculous 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season where they rose from the ashes. The Royal Challengers, who won just one of their first eight games, admirably reached the playoffs before losing the Eliminator. While Virat Kohli finished as their leading run-scorer, du Plessis starred with over 400 runs. Here are the latter's records from IPL 2024.
Du Plessis' IPL 2024 season in numbers
Du Plessis racked up 438 runs from 15 matches at an incredible strike-rate of 161.62 in IPL 2024. His tally included four half-centuries. Du Plessis gave RCB some solid starts along with his opening partner Kohli. The RCB captain, who averaged 29.20 with the bat, hammered 21 fours and 47 sixes in the season. He also took eight catches.
Second-fastest IPL fifty for RCB; highest Powerplay score
Du Plessis scored a whirlwind 64-run knock from 23 balls against Gujarat Titans in Match 52. He got to his fifty of 18 balls, becoming the second-fastest half-centurion for RCB in the cash-rich league. Veteran batter Chris Gayle tops this list (17 balls versus PWI in 2013). Du Plessis overall slammed 64, the most runs by a RCB batter within the Powerplay.
10,000 T20 runs for du Plessis
In the same match, Du Plessis completed 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. He became only the second South African to touch the 10,000-run mark in the format. Du Plessis joined David Miller, who leads the tally among South African players in T20s. Miller owns 10,276 runs from 478 T20s at 35.31. The former is just behind Miller with 10,125 T20 runs.
More feats for du Plessis
In Match 62 against Delhi Capitals, du Plessis became just the 13th batter and the fourth foreigner to clock 4,500-plus runs in the IPL. He also scored 2,721 runs while serving the Chennai Super Kings. In the GT game, he became the fourth batter with 1,500-plus IPL runs for RCB after Kohli, AB de Villiers, and Gayle.
