IPL: A race within a tournament within a search for Smith’s replacement

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TELFORD VICE, Johannesburg

Faf du Plessis has successfully captained most of the teams he has played in from the time he was first able to strap on a pair of pads. AB de Villiers has almost always been a member of those teams. He has also unquestionably been the best player.

Du Plessis’ bracing sense of reality and steady calm has shone out above his...