IPL 2018: Key overseas batsmen to watch out for

#9 Faf du Plessis

South Africa v Sri Lanka - 4th ODI Series — Faf du Plessis's mature batting has proved to be troublesome for the bowlers

We all know about the capabilities that the South African captain persists. His calm and mature batting has always been a treat for the cricket fraternity and he would be looking forward to continuing his performance in this year's IPL too.

Faf has played 39 T20Is in his career and scored 1191 runs at an exceptional strike rate of 133.22. His credibility automatically increases when it comes to his ODI career. He has played 117 matches and scored 4379 runs at an incredible average of 43.79.

Faf is back for CSK after spending two years with Rising Pune Supergiant. In his IPL career, he has scored 1295 runs in his 53 matches at a decent strike rate of 127.96. Faf would be excited to play for CSK again and would love to live up to the expectations of the team.

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