Faf du Plessis took over the captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) from Virat Kohli forward of the IPL 2022. The previous South Africa skipper has displayed distinctive management qualities in his first season as RCB captain. He additionally guided the crew to the IPL playoffs.
du Plessis is taken into account one of many best fielders of all time and is also referred to as essentially the most profitable captain in all codecs of the sport. The Proteas star opened up on his thought of captaining the facet and revealed what he has realized from the previous and present IPL captains.
“I believe what was actually good for me to undergo was, even with all of that, the conviction that I’m not going to be Graeme Smith as a captain, I am not going to be Stephen Fleming as a captain, I’ I’m not going to be MS Dhoni as a captain. To ensure that me to be true to who I’m as an individual, I should be me. As a result of in case you’re not being you, then folks will see via it, perhaps not whenever you’re doing properly however positively if you end up beneath stress, or underperforming, the true you’ll reveal itself,” he mentioned wwhereas talking on RCB Podcast Season 2.
du Plessis additionally took time to thank Chennai Tremendous Kings, who gave him a possibility when he was a teenager. The 38-year-old cricketer mentioned that CSK coach Stephen Fleming is among the best leaders he has ever met. He additionally opened up about his expertise working with MS Dhoni, calling him “spectacular” as a captain.
“I acquired a possibility to go to Chennai as a young-ish section in my profession. Stephen Fleming is among the nice leaders throughout the sport, clearly, for New Zealand cricket too. The completely different side was him being a person supervisor, a man who simply works on relationships. And I’m going, Wow, that is spectacular.
“Throughout my first season at CSK, I used to be sitting subsequent to him (Fleming) and simply requested him questions on captaincy and management, simply to be taught as a lot as I might. And then you definately put MS on prime of that, and also you go, Wow, this man’s tactically odd to learn the sport like this. And also you go, Okay, he’s spectacular as a captain,” he mentioned.
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