Despite blazing 76 in 26 balls in Abu Dhabi T10, Faf du Plessis explains why he is unsure of IPL team selection

25th November, 2024: South African batter Faf du Plessis has been in some good touch in the ongoing 2024 Abu Dhabi T10 tournament being played at Zayed Cricket Stadium. The right-handed batter who is playing for Morrisville Samp Army in the competition has already scored two fifties in four matches. Faf has expressed his opinion on the IPL auction dynamics and suggested that nothing is really guaranteed when it comes to the bidding process.

“You never know with IPL. I’ve played a lot of cricket in the IPL, and I know with auctions, nothing is guaranteed. I don’t even know what’s going on. I don’t think my name has come up yet. So let’s see. I mean, there’s a lot of batters already been picked up. So let’s see what happens,” du Plessis said.

The tournament has witnessed some exciting clashes and big scores already and the Proteas batter said that he won’t be surprised if the team score goes past 200-mark in the season.

“The game keeps surprising us. We saw some serious scores this year in T20 cricket with 260, 270, so anything is possible with the guys, the way that they play these days.”

The 40-year-old is one of the fittest players in the world right now. Talking about the same, du Plessis revealed what still motivates him to focus on his fitness and the game.

“Yeah, I’m still very motivated for my own personal games. So if you’re motivated to keep improving and making sure that your performance is always at a level where you’re competing amongst the great players of the world, I still have that drive within myself to do that, and I’ll push that for as long as that drive is there. So, for the time being, mentally I’m still fresh, and from a physical point of view, I still feel very motivated and fresh as well,” he concluded.