Francois "Faf" du Plessis is a South African cricketer and the current Test and T20I captain of the Proteas.<br /><br />He is a usual fixture at international level for the South African national cricket team. A right-handed middle order batsman who moved up to number 3 and also bowls part-time leg spin, du Plessis has played South African domestic cricket for Northerns and the Titans, as well as matches for Lancashire, the Chennai Super Kings, and the Melbourne Renegades.<br /><br />He made his Test debut in November 2012, he became the fourth South African to score a Test century on debut. He was subsequently also named T20 captain of South Africa for the following Twenty20 series against New Zealand and confirmed full-time skipper in Feb 2013.<br /><br />Du Plessis took over the Test captaincy from teammate AB de Villiers in December 2016 after he relinquished it.<br /><meta content="cms.next" name="cmsei" />