Veteran South African batter Faf du Plessis created historical past as he grew to become the primary participant within the league’s historical past to smash three centuries. Du Plessis has additionally now change into the primary batter in historical past to attain two centuries after turning 40.
Main the Texas Tremendous Kings from the entrance through the conflict towards MI New York, du Plessis performed a 103-run knock off 53 balls that included 5 boundaries and 9 sixes at a powerful strike price of 194.34.
The Texas Tremendous Kings skipper opened the batting for his facet alongside Smit Patel. Whereas his opening companion may solely keep on the crease for six balls, du Plessis regarded decided to safe a playoff berth for his facet as he stayed until the top and helped TSK submit a complete of 223 runs of their 20 overs.
In reply, MI New York additionally misplaced the early wickets of Nicholas Pooran and Monank Patel, however a smashing 70-run knock from Kieron Pollard and a 35-run knock from Quinton de Kock stabilised their innings. In the long run, nevertheless, the required run price proved too steep, and MINY misplaced the match by 39 runs.
Faf du Plessis matches Rohit Sharma’s document
After his newest century in MLC 2025, du Plessis grew to become joint fourth on the checklist of most centuries in T20 cricket, matching the likes of Rohit Sharma, Jos Buttler, Aaron Finch, Michael Klinger, David Warner and Glenn Maxwell—all with eight centuries to their names.
Chris Gayle at the moment holds the document for probably the most centuries in T20 cricket with 22 tons, adopted by Babar Azam with 11 and Virat Kohli with 9.
Other than this, du Plessis now holds the document for probably the most centuries as a captain in T20 cricket. The veteran South African now has eight T20 centuries as captain in his 200 innings, taking him previous Michael Klinger and Babar Azam’s seven tons.
Notably, India’s Virat Kohli has 5 centuries to his title from 188 innings.
