Faf du Plessis completed his 12,000 T20 runs, know his statistics

Updated: 07-01-2026, 02.28 AM

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Faf du Plessis achieved an important achievement in the 15th match of the Franchise League SA20 to be held in South Africa. While captaining Joburg Super Kings, he scored 44 runs in the match against MI Cape Town and during this he completed 12,000 runs in his T20 cricket career. He became the first South African batsman to touch this figure. Let us know about his statistics and records.

Faf du Plessis included in this special list

Du Plessis became the 10th batsman in the world to score 12,000 runs in T-20 cricket. Ahead of them in this list are Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Alex Hales, David Warner, Shoaib Malik, Jos Buttler, Virat Kohli, James Vince and Rohit Sharma. Let us tell you that there is a record in the name of Gayle for scoring the most runs (14562) in T-20. After Du Plessis, David Miller has scored 11,000+ runs among South African batsmen.

5th fastest to 12,000 T20 runs

Du Plessis is the 5th fastest to complete 12,000 T20 runs in terms of innings. In his career so far, he has scored 12,002 runs in 406 innings of 429 matches with an average of 32.79 and strike rate of 137.15. Meanwhile, he has scored 8 centuries and 83 half-centuries. In terms of innings, Gayle (343), Kohli (360), Warner (368) and Butler (405) had scored 12,000 runs faster than him.

Du Plessis is the batsman with most centuries as a captain in T20 cricket.

Du Plessis has scored maximum 8 centuries as a captain in T-20 cricket. After him, Michael Klinger (7 centuries) and Babar Azam (7 centuries) have scored the most centuries as captain.

How has been Du Plessis’s T20 international career?

Du Plessis had a brilliant T20 international career. He has 1,528 runs in 50 T20 Internationals for South Africa at an average of 35.53 and a strike rate of 134.38. During this period he scored one century and 10 half-centuries. He played his last T20 International in 2020. As captain, he scored 1,273 runs in 40 innings at an average of 37.4.

T-20 career

Du Plessis’s IPL career has been brilliant

Du Plessis played his first IPL match in 2012 against Mumbai Indians (MI). He has scored 4,773 runs in 147 innings of 154 matches at an average of 35.09 and strike rate of 135.78. He has scored 39 half-centuries with his bat and his best score has been 96 runs. In IPL 2025, he scored 202 runs in 9 innings at an average of 22.44 for DC. His strike rate was 140.35.