Faf: Through Fire

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Throughout the book, Du Plessis insists that South African teams are at their strongest when leaders pay attention to soft skills in conjunction with hard skills. He received contrasting love from his mother and his father – his dad was the stern patriarch while his mom was the affectionate caretaker. De Villiers and Du Plessis were joined at Affies by a number of talented youngsters who went on to play international cricket. I hope to be able to spend time with people to show them the love of Jesus and see His love shine through them as well. I was super embarrassed about it because it’s in front of everyone else and guys are like, ‘shew, what’s going on here’, but the main thing there was, I walked away from there and I said to myself, ‘I will never in my entire life speak to a junior player like that’.

Du Plessis made his debut in the pivotal second Test, in Adelaide, and helped Graeme Smith’s side scrounge a draw with a stupendous second innings century. Everything is new and we will all need time to get used to it, but let’s make the most of this opportunity. With the ongoing Cricket World Cup and the craze of the sport, I started reading the autobiography of one of the cricketers whose presence on the ground was cherished by cricket lovers. Considered to be the last in the golden generation of Proteas, he also won silverware with the Titans and his IPL franchise, Chennai Super Kings, multiple times. He claimed that South Africa suspected Australia of ball tampering from the first Test of the series, something which News Corp claims is “vehemently disputed” by Australian sources.I found interesting the difficulties of bringing together a nation with the many different cultures and ethnicities.

The only negative side to the book is that it does, especially closer to the end become slightly self righteous but I guess that's what any good Biography is. Du Plessis, wary of clashes between leagues and international fixtures, and with an IPL contract that "wasn't enough to cover all my financial commitments" wanted a "formal offer that would enable me to play in fewer leagues".Through Fire is a no-holds-barred autobiography offering exceptional insight into the core being of an elite sports personality.

We suspected that someone had been nurturing the ball too much to get it to reverse so wildly, and we watched the second Test at St George’s through binoculars, so that we could follow the ball more closely while Australia was fielding. And there weren’t white-ball contracts back then so you can’t really just play white-ball cricket, so potentially that was [going to be it]. Prior to his first Test, du Plessis had taken part in the IPL for Chennai and built a rapport with Hussey. Widely considered to be a future South African cricketer right from his school days at the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, it would have been fair to assume that Du Plessis’ autobiography would revolve around his numerous cricketing exploits.Through Fire is at times a brutally honest and always fascinating work of introspection and critique that provides readers with unrestricted insight into the mind and heart of one of South Africa's most interesting and charismatic national captains.

Faf du Plessis is still fit, retired from the longer formats of the game, and it's that problem that India doesn't face free agents," former South African captain Graeme Smith remarked on Star Sports earlier.du Plessis is noted for his leadership and strategical excellence, [54] but he is also known for emphasizing team culture, relationships and listening to his players.