Du Plessis has great respect for Michael Hussey – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 and revealed that he shares a very pleasant relation with the Aussie left-hander, although they compete against each other for a place in the Chennai Super Kings’ playing eleven.
The right-handed batsman made his Test debut during the on-going three-match series between South Africa and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, having scored a century and a fifty in his very first Test at the Adelaide Oval, playing a match-saving innings on the last day of the encounter.
The Aussie fast bowlers tried their level best on day 5 but the 28-year-old cricketer proved his mettle at the ultimate stage of the game, not getting intimidated by the sledging of the home team’s pacers.
Du Plessis revealed that he congratulated Hussey after the left-hander’s two consecutive hundreds at Brisbane and Adelaide. He also expressed that the veteran cricketer did not sledge him while he came in the way of Australia and success.
“He was the one guy in the Aussie side who never said a word to me during my innings,” the South African said of Hussey. “I’ve got so much respect for him and the way he plays his cricket. Both times he got a hundred in the series, I shook his hand and said, 'Great knock'.”
Du Plessis got a chance to showcase his skills after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742’s injury, as the left-handed batsman twisted his ankle while training after the first day’s play at Brisbane. After a superb debut, the cricketer from Pretoria impressed in the third Test at Perth as well, scoring a valiant half-century in the first innings (78 not out), helping his team post a competitive total on the board.
Hussey and Du Plessis play for the same franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the latter said that the great left-hander has always encouraged him to do well.
“At Chennai we compete for spots in the batting lineup, and he was just the same nice guy towards me when I played ahead of him. That's the way you judge a person's true character,” the talented player added.
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