IND vs SA: Quinton de Kock scored a record century, equaled the giants from Virat to Gilchrist-Sangakkara
Main points:
In the third ODI against India, Quinton de Kock created many historical records by scoring a brilliant century. He equaled or achieved new milestones in big records like most ODI centuries, centuries on foreign soil and centuries as a wicketkeeper. This innings of his makes a special place in ODI history.
Delhi: In the third ODI between India and South Africa, Quinton de Kock once again showed his class and made many big records against India. Wicketkeeper-batsman De Kock has been performing brilliantly against India for a long time and in this match he strengthened his figures even further.
Quinton de Kock made many records
In the decisive ODI being played in Visakhapatnam, De Kock scored a brilliant 102 runs in just 82 balls against India. His innings included 6 fours and 8 sixes and his strike rate was 124.39. He was stumped out after scoring 106 runs on the ball of Prasidh Krishna.
See below all the big records which Quinton de Kock made after this match.
1. Most ODI centuries against India
De Kock has now become the player to score the most ODI centuries against India. He left everyone else far behind in terms of innings.
| player | century | Turn |
|---|---|---|
| quinton de kock | 7 | 23 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 85 |
| AB de Villiers | 6 | 32 |
| ricky ponting | 6 | 59 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 6 | 71 |
2. Players who have scored the most ODI centuries in a foreign country
De Kock scored his 7th ODI century while playing in India and joined this special list.
| player | Country | century |
|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar (UAE) | 7 | |
| Saeed Anwar (UAE) | 7 | |
| AB de Villiers (India) | 7 | |
| Rohit Sharma (England) | 7 | |
| Quinton de Kock (India) | 7 |
3. Most ODI centuries as a wicketkeeper against a single team
De Kock has scored the most centuries against India as a wicketkeeper-batsman.
| player | century | opposition |
|---|---|---|
| quinton de kock | 7 | India |
| adam gilchrist | 6 | Sri Lanka |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 6 | India |
4. Most ODI centuries as a wicketkeeper
De Kock has now come at par with Pakistan’s great Kumar Sangakkara. Now as soon as he scores his next century, De Kock will become the player with the most ODI centuries in the world as a wicketkeeper.
| player | ODI century (wicketkeeper) |
|---|---|
| Kumar Sangakkara | 23 |
| quinton de kock | 23 |
| shy hope | 19 |
| adam gilchrist | 16 |
| jos buttler | 11 |
| AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni | 10 |
5. Best conversion rate of 50 to 100 in ODI
Converting a half-century into a century in ODI cricket shows the match-changing ability of a batsman. In this matter, Quinton de Kock is at number 1 among the most successful batsmen in the world. His conversion percentage shows that whenever De Kock is set, he plays big innings.
Highest conversion rate of 50→100 in ODI (players with 100+ innings)
| player | conversion rate |
|---|---|
| quinton de kock | 41.81% |
| Virat Kohli | 41.40% |
| Hashim Amla | 40.91% |
| david warner | 40% |
| shy hope | 38.78% |
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