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‘Ye toh Virat Kohli se zyada fit hai’ – Fans react to Faf du Plessis being strapped around the ribs shirtless during the IPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) faced off with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Monday at Chinnaswamy Stadium in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. RCB do not have a dedicated vice-captain, but all-rounder Glenn Maxwell appeared to be making decisions when Du Plessis wasn’t around momentarily towards the end of the 1st innings. Du Plessis, although experiencing some difficulty while fielding, continued to bat at his normal opening position.
After the 13th over, Du Plessis was seen getting heavily bandaged around his stomach. He had just hit his 56th T20 as well as 28th IPL fifty in Bangalore’s fruitless bid to chase down a 227-run mark. Du Plessis is well-known for having a chiselled body, and images of his abs have already gone popular on social media.
While the precise nature of the damage remained undisclosed throughout the game, du Plessis gave all the information in a post-match interview with the television broadcaster Star Sports Network. However, there was no mention of the degree of the injury, which suggests that the 38-year-old star has a good chance of playing in their upcoming encounter against the Punjab Kings in Mohali on Thursday. The ailment had begun to worry du Plessis while batting, and he acknowledged that the team had not been able to wrap up the innings as successfully as he would have liked.
On the strength of individual fifties from Du Plessis and Maxwell, the home team remained in the game with an eye on a record run-chase even though former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli (6) was dismissed in the first over itself. Without the pair’s 61-ball, 126-run third-wicket partnership, their NRR (Net Run Rate) on Monday would have been easily impeded. Preserving 45 runs in 4 overs was never simple when the deadly hitter Dinesh Karthik was at the crease, therefore CSK’s victory went against the flow of play. In the 17th over, Tushar Deshpande took the crucial wicket of Karthik, which gave CSK the upper hand. Matheesha Pathirana later held off 19 runs in the final over.
Fans react to Faf du Plessis being strapped around the ribs during the IPL : –
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) April 17, 2023
Faf is muslim?
— ︎ ︎ (@omg_bro_wtf) April 17, 2023
For those who didn't get context pic.twitter.com/WezybJ2u6g
— 🆂🅰🆃🆅🅸 🅵🅰🅸🅻 (@HiTechHumour) April 17, 2023
What does that tattoo mean??
— FARUQUE (@BurgerxBiryani) April 17, 2023
20 yr old faf 🥵💥
— Viru Jain🏏🔥 (@cricaddict_18) April 17, 2023
He has several tattoos on his body, all dedicated to the different stories of his life. One that fascinates fans most is an Urdu tattoo on the side of his ribs. The tattoo reads “Fazal” in Urdu which translates to “Grace” as he believes his life has immensely changed due to god
— Danish (@Ecodanish) April 17, 2023
Many people asking "is he muslim?" I have one friend who have a tattoo of his mother name on his forearm written in Japanese.. "is my friend Japanese?" 🤣
— Aditya Sharma (@sharma_aaditya2) April 17, 2023
Man should do some Hollywood movies. Never seen any foreign players have a body like this.
— Philips (@vasanthsk2) April 17, 2023
Dream for indian captain unfit sharma
— sushant 18 (@its_sush_18) April 17, 2023