IPL 2023: Faf du Plessis took over the captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2022. In his first season as RCB captain, Faf led the team to the playoffs. Amidst all this, while talking on RCB Podcast (Faf Du Plessis IPL) Season 2, the second of 10 episodes. Faf revealed what motivated him to lead the team with a sense of purpose.
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Faf du Plessis – I lived and breathed everything about Cricket South Africa
Faf du Plessis said, “I think as a cricketer, the moment that reaffirmed me and told me that I am at this level and I want to be at this level… That (moment) was like you are here So from that moment on, I was like, this is what I want to do. Yep, I got super purpose driven. After that, I became the Proteas, the heartbeat, if I may say so. I lived and breathed everything about Cricket South Africa.
Faf further added, “Then now in this next chapter of my life, I got this new purpose, and especially now with RCB, as I said you have something that really ignites your desire inside you. Is. Yes, I want to do something special and that gives you a new sense of purpose because I don’t want to play just for the sake of playing. There’s always something that inspires me more than just Rand or whatever.”
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During my first season at CSK, I was sitting next to him (Fleming) and just asked him questions about captaincy and leadership
IPL 2023: Faf said, “I got the opportunity to move to Chennai at a young-ish stage in my career. Stephen Fleming is one of the greats of the game, obviously, for New Zealand Cricket as well. The different aspect was that she was a male manager, a person who only works on relationships. And I go, wow, that’s impressive. During my first season at CSK, I sat next to him (Fleming) and just asked him questions about captaincy and leadership, just to learn as much as I could. And then you put MS on top of that, and you go, wow, this guy’s tactically awkward for reading the game like that. And you go, well, he’s impressive as a captain.
