New Delhi: Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Friday said that he failed to understand why FF Du Plessis was not part of the South African T20 World Cup troops.
Vaughan’s statement came when Faf Du Plessis played a knock on 86 for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Premier League final (IPL) ongoing against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Dubai International Stadium.
“Absolutely ridiculous how @ FAF1307 will not play for @officialcsa at the T20 World Cup,” Tweeted Vaughan.
Really ridiculous how @ FAF1307 won’t play for @officialcsa at the T20 World Cup !!! – Michael Vaughan (@michaelvaughan) 1634312284000in 16 matches for CSK in IPL this year, FAF the right hand managed to score 633 run and he had finished the tournament as the second highest run-getter after his teammate Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Faf Du Plessis brought his a-game to play a knock on 86 running and helped CSK posts a total of 192/3 against the TRC.
Sent to Bat, CSK began steadily as the opening of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf Du Plessis wearing 50 runs in the first six overs.
During this course, Gaikwad went on to Leapfrog Kl Rahul to become a leading running run scorer in the IPL this year.
A bad breakthrough for the KKR was provided by Sunil Narine when he fired Gaikwad (32) on the 9th, ending the opening stand 61 times.
Faf Du Plessis continued the way of Merry and he finished half a century in the 11th of the innings with CSK ready on 97/1.
Robin Uthappa scored 31 balls from 15 balls and he proved the perfect foil for FAF and the duo wore 63 Run for the second goal.
However, Narine once again got one of the actions when he fired Uthappa on the 14th, reducing CSK to 124/2.
The next Moeen Ali came out for bats and he also played the same way and the Bowlers KKR was allowed to find answers.
In the last three overs, CSK managed to add 39 again, took the score through a 190-run sign.
For the Dhoni side, Moeen remains invincible 37.