Dillon du Preez is a South African cricketer

Cricketer

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. He currently plays for the Eagles (formerly Free State) and the Bangalore Royal Challengers. He is a right-arm fast bowler

Fast bowling

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 and bats right-handed.

Playing career

Dillon du Preez made his debut for Free State in the 2003/04 season, appearing in a first class match against the touring West Indies national cricket team team, with his first wicket being Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...

 and finishing with figures of 3 for 75. His interest in cricket began after attending a cricketing academy managed by international cricketers Corrie van Zyl

Corrie van Zyl

Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerthardus van Zyl in Bloemfontein, Free State is a former South African cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1992...

 and Rudi Steyn

Rudi Steyn

Philippus Jeremia Rudolf Steyn is a former South African cricketer who played in three Tests and one ODI in 1995....

. During the 2007/08 season, du Preez led the Eagles to victory with 55 wickets. In the 2008 English county season, du Preez played for Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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. In 2009, du Preez signed for the Bangalore Royal Challengers of the Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...

, making his debut against the Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians , is a franchise cricket team representing Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. Mumbai Indians are currently led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is the Icon Player for the team and is coached by Robin Singh...

 on May 3, 2009, taking two back-to-back wickets in his first over, including that of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket...

. In the same match, du Preez took his third IPL wicket (Jean-Paul Duminy

Jean-Paul Duminy

Jean-Paul Duminy, often shortened to JP Duminy, is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler...

).

Apart from being a talented and accurate fast bowler, he has often shown himself to be a capable batsman, having scored two first class centuries as well as scoring an unbeaten century in a List A match against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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, while playing for Leicestershire .

External links

• Dillon du Preez at Cricinfo
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