Faf du Plessis To Play For Peshawar Zalmi In PSL 2020 Playoffs

South Africa star Faf du Plessis will turn up for Peshawar Zalmi in the upcoming playoffs of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The right-handed batsman is one of the 21 foreign stars  who have confirmed their participation in the remaining four matches of the tournament which was postponed in March in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

The remaining games of PSL 2020 will be played in Karachi on November 14, 15 and 17. Faf du Plessis will be playing in Pakistan’s premier T20 tournament for the very first time. He will represent Peshawar Zalmi as a replacement player for Kieron Pollard who will be in New Zealand with West Indies.

Apart from Faf du Plessis, Cameron Delport (Karachi Kings), Dane Vilas, David Wiese (both Lahore Qalandars), Rilee Rossouw, Imran Tahir (both Multan Sultans) and Hardus Viljoen (Peshawar Zalmi) are the other South Africa players who will be playing in the upcoming games.

Faf du Plessis recently plied his trade for Chennai Super Kings in the ongoing Indian Premier League in UAE. CSK’s campaign in IPL 2020 came to an end on Sunday with a convincing nine-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab. The former South Africa skipper played 13 games this season, scoring an impressive 449 runs with the help of four fifties.

“I am very excited to join Peshawar Zalmi for the playoff stage games of HBL PSL 2020. I have fond memories of playing in Pakistan when I toured with the ICC World XI in 2017 and I am sure this experience, although different due to Covid-19, will be a memorable one as well,” said Faf du Plessis after agreeing to play for Zalmi.

Peshawar Zalmi squad:

Aamir Ali, Adil Amin, Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies), Daren Sammy (West Indies), Faf du Plessis (South Africa), Haider Ali Khan, Hardus Viljoen (South Africa), Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Khurram Shehzad, Liam Livingstone (England), Mohammad Mohsin, Rahat Ali, Shoaib Malik, Umar Amin, Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah

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