South Africa's star cricketer and former captain Faf du Plessis has said goodbye to Test cricket. Duplessis announced his retirement from Test cricket on 17 February. In the long format of cricket, du Plessis could not perform well due to lack of recent form. He did nothing special during his recent tour of South Africa to Pakistan. Seeing his weak form he made up his mind to say goodbye to this format.
South Africa's star cricketer and former captain Faf du Plessis has said goodbye to Test cricket. Duplessis announced his retirement from Test cricket on 17 February. In the long format of cricket, du Plessis could not perform well due to lack of recent form. He did nothing special during his recent tour of South Africa to Pakistan. Seeing his weak form he made up his mind to say goodbye to this format.
Only 55 runs in 4 innings of last 2 Test matches
How Fak du Plessis struggled in his form in Test cricket can be gauged from the statistics of his last series played in Pakistan. Duplessis has scored just 55 runs in 4 innings of the last 2 Tests played on the Pakistan tour. During this time his figures were 10, 23, 17 and 5 runs. South Africa lost the Test series 0-2 during the tour of Pakistan.
This is the right time to leave this format and start a new chapter
"My intentions are clear," he said after Fak du Plessis retired from Test cricket. I think this is the right time to leave this format and start a new chapter. “
Du Plessis has captained South Africa in 36 Tests
The Pretoria-born South African star cricketer has scored 4163 runs at an average of 40.02 in Test cricket. During this time he scored 10 centuries and 21 half centuries. Duplessis' Test career spanned 8 years, in which he played 69 matches. Faf du Plessis is the highest run scorer in Test cricket at 199, which he scored in the Centurion Test against Sri Lanka in December last year. Du Plessis has also captained South Africa in 36 Tests.
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