He announced his retirement from Tests two years ago. Although he did not retire from the remaining two editions, he did not get a call to South Africa’s ODI or T20 teams for a long time. Faf du Plessis, who has passed at the age of 38, can make a dramatic comeback this time. He could get a call to South Africa’s West Indies series T-20 team!

South African local media Rapo reported that Du Plessis has spoken to coach Rob Walter about returning to international cricket. The batsman last played 50 T20 matches for South Africa in December 2020. After that, two T20 World Cups were held in 2021 and 2022, but the selectors of Cricket South Africa (CSA) ignored him. Despite not getting a chance in the national team, du Plessis has regularly played franchise T20s around the world. In the meantime, the leadership of the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is also on his shoulders.

Talks of du Plessis’ return to the national team have been fueled by his recent batting form. The right-handed batsman had the second-highest run-scorer of the tournament in the SA-T20 in South Africa that ended last month. Joburg scored 369 runs for the Super Kings at an average of 41 and a strike rate of 147.60. Among these, there were two innings of 113* and 92 runs.

After that, two T20 World Cups were held in 2021 and 2022, but the selectors of Cricket South Africa (CSA) ignored him. Despite not getting a chance in the national team, du Plessis has regularly played franchise T20s around the world. In the meantime, the leadership of the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is also on his shoulders.

South Africa now has two coaches. Rob Walter in ODIs and T20s and Shukri Conrad in Tests. According to Rapo, Du Plessis has met with Walter to discuss his return to international cricket. But what was said could not be confirmed. Walter will announce the team for ODI and T20 series against West Indies today. Whether du Plessis is returning or not will be clear then. The new Proteas coach will also announce the new captain for this edition as Temba Bavuma quit the T20 captaincy last month.

The South Africa-West Indies three-match T20 series will begin on March 25. Before that, the three-match ODI series will begin on March 16.