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Chennai Super Kings: Faf Du Plessis (SA)

Faf Du Plessis is the captain of the Proteas across all formats

There is a reason why Faf Du Plessis was retained by the Super Kings management via the RTM card. A technically-sound and highly dependable batsman, Du Plessis will provide great balance to the team. Du Plessis has enjoyed spectacular success in the IPL, with the Chennai team, and will look to have a similar showing this year too.

Du Plessis is a valuable asset, given his ability to move anywhere round the batting order, from opening the innings to providing stability to the middle order. The South African has scored runs on an average of 30.11, while maintaining a healthy strike rate of 127.96 in the 53 IPL matches that he has played. A livewire in the field, Du Plessis is a perfect T20 package.