Faf du Plessis, who suffered an injury during the Quetta Gladiators match against Peshawar Zalmi on Sunday and was to be replaced, has been ruled out of the remainder of PSL 2021. He will fly to South Africa on Wednesday night.
Du Plessis had a high-speed collision with teammate Mohamed Hasnain on the field as he attempted to stop a drive from David Miller. After running from long-off, Hasnain made a late attempt to avoid running into du Plessis, who dived to his right after sprinting from long-off. Hasnain could not go far enough and du Plessis's head hit his knee.
The South African lay on the ground for a few minutes while a Gladiators physio looked after him, but he eventually got back on his feet to walk back into his team's dugout. Gladiators' management said he was being taken to the hospital soon after. He did not come to bat and was replaced by Saim Ayub.
Later that day, he tweeted that he was having "trauma with some memory loss".
Thank you everyone for all the messages of support. I'm back at the hotel recovering. Have concussion with some memory loss but I will be fine. Hopefully be back on the field soon. Much love. ❤️
— Faf Du Plessis (@faf1307) June 13, 2021
Du Plessis scored 76 runs in four innings in five matches this season at an average of 19 and a strike rate of 122.58. This was his second stint in the PSL after playing for Zalmi last season.
In the Gladiators' earlier game, against Islamabad United, Andre Russell was also injured after being hit on the helmet by a bouncer from Moosa. Russell hasn't played a game since.
Gladiators are currently at the bottom of the table with four points from eight matches. Their next match is against Multan Sultans on Wednesday.