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Faf du Plessis was awarded Man of the Match in the qualifier one against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Image Courtesy: BCCI

One of the most consistent performers for Chennai Super Kings since the inception of the IPL, Faf du Plessis has shared his favourite moments in a CSK jersey so far. The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Cricketing action all across the globe has also been fazed by it and cricketers have gone into self-isolation in the wake of the deadly virus.

On Thursday, Du Plessis took to Twitter after being nominated by CSK teammate Suresh Raina to take the #MyIPLMoment challenge and mentioned some of the great displays of individual brilliance by his teammates.

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Chennai Super Kings exercised RTM for Faf du Plessis. Photo Credit: IPL/BCCI.

Du Plessis started by recalling a Suresh Raina century against KXIP. He also mentioned a match-winning knock by Dwayne Bravo and went on to shower praise on Shane Watson for bringing out the big knocks in crunch games like a final. His favourite memory though is of his captain MS Dhoni.

Faf du Plessis Reveals His Favourite IPL Moment

The South African was all praise for the veteran Indian keeper-batsman as he spoke about the way Dhoni constructs an innings and gets the job done. He recalled a Dhoni knock against RCB from last season and termed it his best.

“I have been very fortunate to be part of the team for almost 10 tears now. I have some incredible memories of us winning two IPLs, two or three Champions League and some incredible games. I’m trying to remember some brilliant individual innings and my memory is not great so it might be a little bit off here and there but bear with me,” Du Plessis said in a video posted on CSK’s official Twitter handle.

“There have been a lot of them but I will mention that is fresh in my memory. Last year against RCB. I think we were 60-6 or 7 and basically we should be bowled out for 90. He was in at the moment and absorbed pressure very well. Then he started hitting more and more sixes. The sixes he was hitting was out of the stadium. He ended up getting 87 off 40-odd balls (sic). I think it was 26 required off the last over and after the game, we were like what just happened,” said Du Plessis who has primarily played the role of an opener for CSK.

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MS Dhoni (Credits: IPL/ Twitter)

Dhoni scored 84* off 48 balls against RCB while chasing a target of 162 runs in the 2019 edition. CSK began the chase on the low as they lost Shane Watson and Suresh Raina in the very first over. At one point, CSK were struggling at 32/4 after the powerplay, but Dhoni walked in to bat and played a brilliant knock to take the team home.

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Major Concerns Still Stand Firm Over IPL 2020 Future

With the coronavirus outbreak bringing the world to a standstill, the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was postponed from March 29 to April 15. India is currently on a 21-day lockdown to combat the deadly virus.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is now looking at the October-November window for the IPL. But the move can be possible only if the ICC decides to postpone the men’s T20 World Cup that is to be held later in the year, according to some sources in the board.

On Friday, latest reports suggested that the BCCI is probing into the July window to conduct the IPL and it could take place behind closed doors.

However, all hopes have once again vanished as IPL 2020 has been postponed further after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that the lockdown in the country to battle the spread of the coronavirus is extended until May 3.

The BCCI will review the situation only after May 3 when the government comes up with further guidelines regarding the COVID-19 crisis.

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