The rules related to retention of players in IPL 2025 have been revealed. All teams can retain a total of 6 players. At about the same time when this rule was announced in India, Faf du Plessis also had a blast with the bat in CPL 2024. With his explosive innings studded with 11 sixes and fours, Du Plessis has forced his IPL franchise RCB to think about retaining himself. On September 29, the match was played between St. Lucia Kings and Guyana Amazon Warriors on the CPL pitch. In this match, the command of St. Lucia Kings was in the hands of Faf du Plessis.

In the match, Guyana Amazon Warriors batted first and scored 207 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. The fire of Shay Hope and Shimron Hetmyer was seen from Guyana Amazon Warriors. Both of them scored stormy half-centuries with the bat. Shay Hope faced 31 balls and scored 56 runs with the help of 5 sixes. Whereas Shimron Hetmyer scored 58 runs in 30 balls, which included 1 six and 9 fours.

Du Plessis left a great impression with his innings of 92 runs.

Now St. Lucia Kings had the challenge of scoring 208 runs. In such a situation, Faf du Plessis, who came to open, played the captaincy innings. Due to lack of support from the other end of the wicket, he could not lead the team to victory. But, with his innings, he definitely left an impression on the hearts and minds of his own IPL franchise RCB.

Faf du Plessis remained unbeaten till the end and scored 92 runs facing 59 balls. During this, he hit 7 fours and 4 sixes. Faf du Plessis has scored 6 half-centuries in his CPL career, out of which he has scored 3 half-centuries in CPL 2024 only. This shows how strong his current form is.

Du Plessis played but the team lost

Thanks to Faf du Plessis' unbeaten 92 runs against Guyana Amazon Warriors, St. Lucia Kings could score only 172 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 35 runs. This is the third defeat of St. Lucia Kings in 10 matches. Despite this defeat, his hopes of playing the playoffs remain intact. St. Lucia Kings is at second place in the points table with 14 points.