World Cup History: Five popular batsmen who picked up at least one wicket in WC

#3 Faf Du Plessis

Faf Du Plessis

Most people know Faf du Plessis as a pure batsman, but the fact is that he has bowled some leg-spin in his career. Du Plessis is currently captaining the South African side in the ongoing 2019 World Cup. He was a part of the 2011 and 2015 South African World Cup sides also.

In the 2011 World Cup, he was first asked to bowl against England. He bowled five tight overs without getting a wicket. After that game, South Africa were playing against India. The Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar were on fire as they had smashed 87 runs in the first powerplay. Sehwag was hitting the ball to all the parts of the park and South African skipper Graeme Smith had tried almost all his options before turning to Du Plessis.

To everybody’s surprise, Du Plessis delivered. He picked up the wicket of Sehwag, who was batting on 73. It was an important breakthrough as India could have run away with the game if Sehwag stayed at the crease. Du Plessis even bowled in the 2015 World Cup without any success. He has picked up two wickets in his ODI career, but it was his only World Cup wicket.