Faf du Plessis
Francois " Faf " du Plessis (an haife shi 13 ga watan Yulin shekarar 1984), ƙwararren ɗan wasan kurket ne na Afirka ta Kudu kuma tsohon kyaftin na ƙungiyar cricket ta Afirka ta Kudu . Ana la'akari da shi ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƴan wasa na kowane lokaci kuma dan wasan bat na musamman na zamaninsa.    Ana kuma ɗauke shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun kyaftin da suka yi nasara a kowane fanni na wasan kurket na zamani.  

An naɗa Du Plessis a matsayin Gwarzon ɗan wasan kurket na Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 2019.  Shi ne kyaftin na Royal Challengers Bangalore a gasar Premier ta Indiya  da Joburg Super Kings a gasar SA20 . Shi ɗan wasan batsman ne na hannun dama kuma ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na lokaci-lokaci. Daya daga cikin manyan kyaftin ɗin ƙasa da ƙasa na zamaninsa tare da kashi na 73.68 a ODIs,  shi ne kyaftin na farko na ƙasa da ƙasa da ya doke Ostiraliya (nahiya) a Ostiraliya a duk nau'ikan wasan guda uku  kuma ya doke Ostiraliya a duka Gida da Jerin gwajin nesa da baya, a cikin shekarar 2016 da 2018.  A cikin shekarar 2016, shi ma ya zama kyaftin na farko kuma tilo na kasa da kasa da ya doke Ostiraliya da ci 5 – 0 a wasa biyar na ODI.  Du Plessis yana cikin manyan ƴan wasa 5 da suka yi fice a kowane lokaci tare da matsakaicin matsakaicin batting a gasar cin kofin duniya ta Cricket bayan ya buga wasanni 20 ko fiye kuma yana da matsakaicin 57.87 a wasannin gasar cin kofin duniya.   

Gwajin Du Plessis a cikin gwajin Adelaide na shekarar 2012 an yi la'akari da shi a matsayin mafi kyawun gwajin batting na kowane ɗan jemage a ƙasar Ostiraliya tun daga shekara ta 2000, don haka ya zama mafi kyawun aikin gwaji na ƙarni na 21 a Ostiraliya.  Ya buga wasan kurket na cikin gida na Afirka ta Kudu don Arewa da Titans, da kuma Lancashire County Cricket Club a Ingila da Chennai Super Kings, Rising Pune Supergiant, da Royal Challengers Bangalore a gasar Premier ta Indiya.

Ya fara buga wasansa na farko a duniya da Indiya a cikin watan Janairun shekarar 2011 a wata Rana ta ƙasa da ƙasa, inda ya zira ƙwallaye 60 ba tare da an doke shi ba, kuma ya ci gaba da fara wasan gwajinsa a watan Nuwambar shekarata 2012, ya zama dan Afirka ta Kudu na hudu da ya ci a ƙarni na gwaji a karon farko.  Bayan ya fara wasansa na farko na T20 a watan Satumba na shekarar 2012, daga baya kuma an naɗa shi kyaftin T20  na Afirka ta Kudu don jerin Twenty20 masu zuwa da New Zealand kuma ya tabbatar da cikakken ɗan wasan a watan Fabrairun 2013. 

du Plessis ya karɓi matsayin kyaftin na Gwajin a watan Disambar shekarar 2016 kuma ya dauki cikakken kyaftin a kowane nau'i na wasan a watan Agustan 2017 bayan abokin wasansa kuma tsohon kyaftin ɗin AB de Villiers ya bar mukamin kyaftin din biyu.    A cikin Fabrairun 2021 ya ba da sanarwar ritayarsa daga wasan kurket don mai da hankali kan Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na Maza na shekarar 2021 da 2022 ICC.

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