Faf Du Plessis Keeping Options Open Ahead Of T20 World Cup | Cricket News

As a lot as Faf du Plessis finds MS Dhoni’s management inspirational however when he leads Johannesburg Super Kings within the upcoming SA20, he’ll go in regards to the job in his personal manner, with a watch on carrying the Proteas jersey within the T20 World Cup in June. While he now leads RCB within the IPL, Du Plessis stays a sentimental favorite with the Yellow Shirt followers and watching him put on the “JSK” uniform does invoke a way of happiness in them.

So will SA20 act as a automobile for one final shot on the world trophy? “Final crack… it is first about getting back from injury, looking forward to playing cricket again,” he put issues in perspective in the course of the captains’ press interplay on Monday.

“Obviously, the tournament is the most important thing, I just want to make sure I play good cricket. It is a great time for us to be still involved in the game. Then we’ll see what happens after that.” About main a franchise endlessly synonymous with MSD, Du Plessis is at all times prepared to select brains of seniors however go away his personal imprint on JSK.

“It was great to be part of that dressing room as a young guy. Probably my biggest learning curve was to work under Stephen Fleming and MS Dhoni. At the start of my leadership journey to see how the big guys do things, it was great to learn,” he stated.

He recollected when he first received into CSK.

“My first season, it was all about sitting and asking questions and observing. MS is captain cool, he is very calm under pressure and it is very important to be relaxed.” It is necessary to have originality, he stated.

“When you play under some great leaders you also understand that it is important to do things in a way that is going to work for you. You just can’t copy different styles all the time.”