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Delhi Capitals’ Faf du Plessis has hinted that he’s ruled out of IPL 2025 first half after aggravating his injury, saying he ‘regrets’ fielding against RCB.
Faf du Plessis
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Delhi Capitals (DC) batter Faf du Plessis has hinted that he has been ruled out of the rest of the primary half of IPL 2025 after aggravating his unspecified injury by fielding within the last match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). He said the DC management had offered him the prospect to play as a specialist batter via the Impact Player rule but he desired to field as well, which is a call he now regrets.
du Plessis missed out on DC’s second match of the season against Chennai Super Kings; on the time skipper Axar Patel had said he wasn’t fit. He got here back for the next RCB clash but has been again ruled out of the continued match against Mumbai Indians on the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
“Unfortunately, my nature… the boys offered me the prospect to play as an impact batsman within the last game however the competent in me desired to field as well and I regret that call standing here at once. Unfortunately, today, I’m not wearing the spikes,” du Plessis told the broadcasters ahead of the match in Latest Delhi.
“I even have been really lucky within the last 3 years. I pride myself on ending competitions and never missing out through injury. That is recent ground for me where you are attempting to be 100% fit but you aren’t quite there. The competent in you would like to get back as soon as possible but playing the patient game. Hopefully, I get that right in the following week and prepare for the back end of the tournament,” he added.
du Plessis is DC’s seniormost batter and a key cog for them at the highest of the order. With him out of the image for the following few games, the franchise might return to using KL Rahul at the highest of the order.
Rahul has been in excellent touch despite shuffling his spot between opening and middle-order, scoring 185 runs at a median of 92.50.
Delhi Capitals Playing 11 against Mumbai Indians: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul (WK), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (C), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar
Impact players: Darshan Nalkande, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira and Dushmantha Chameera
DC have won the toss and are bowling first against MI.
