IPL 2022: 3 Teams that might target Faf du Plessis in the mega auction

Experience is quite underrated and gets overshadowed by the enthusiasm of young players in T20 cricket. The experienced players are the backbone of a cricket team not only when it comes to playing on the field but also in guiding and motivating the youngsters and making them comfortable during the toughest of situations.

Every team needs an experienced player who could help the younger ones gel up and get used to the cricket of highest level. The experienced ones also become integral members of the leadership group of every team. One of such experienced cricketers is Faf du Plessis who has been playing the Indian Premier League (IPL) for quite a long time now.

Faf has been a prominent part of the core of Chennai Super Kings. His contribution to the franchise has been fantastic. Faf scored 633 runs in the 2021 season and was the second-highest run-getter in the tournament. He played a very important role in CSK winning the title for the fourth time. The former South Africa skipper has played 100 IPL games and has 2935 runs to his name at an average of 34.94.

Getting Faf will be a nice deal for most of the franchises but we will throw light on the three teams who can be most interested in getting Faf du Plessis.

3 Teams that might target Faf du Plessis in the mega auction:

1. Chennai Super Kings

Faf du Plessis has been a true Chennai Super Kings star. He made his IPL debut in 2011 for them and since then he has played almost only for them. In 2016 he moved to the Rising Pune Supergiant because of the ban on CSK but he came back again in 2018. The franchise used the right-to-match card for him during the 2018 IPL mega auction.

He is the third-highest run scorer for CSK and is only behind Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni. He has been an asset to the franchise. Faf du Plessis has announced his retirement from Test cricket and is no more a part of One-Day and T20 sides for South Africa. He is featuring only in the T20 leagues. He is one of the most experienced cricketers in the auction pool and is a star batter in T20 cricket.

Faf du Plessis is very flexible in terms of the batting order. He can open the innings and can even bat in the middle-order. Apart from contributing with the bat, he is a gun fielder too. He is one of the best fielders around the globe and stands on the boundary rope like a wall. He has taken some spectacular catches in the tournament. Chennai can think of getting him in their squad with around at least a couple of years of cricket still left in him.