IND vs SA: Quinton de Kock created havoc with his stormy century in Vizag, de Villiers-Gilchrist’s record shattered

Quinton de Kock Century: Quinton de Kock stole the show with his explosive batting on the ground of Vizag. De Kock batted brilliantly and scored a strong century in the third ODI. With this century, the South African wicketkeeper batsman has shattered the big records of AB de Villiers and Adam Gilchrist. At the same time, De Kock has also equaled Sachin Tendulkar in a special matter. De Kock completed the 22nd century of his ODI career by hitting a powerful six off Harshit Rana.

De Kock created an uproar

After losing the toss in Visakhapatnam, South Africa, who came to bat first, did not have a good start. Arshdeep Singh showed Ryan Rickelton the way to the pavilion without even opening the account. After this, De Kock got a good partner in the form of captain Temba Bavuma and together they made a partnership of 113 runs for the second wicket.

Bavuma was out after scoring 48 runs. However, De Kock continued his excellent batting from one end and completed his century in 80 balls. De Kock played a brilliant inning of 106 runs facing 89 balls. During this innings, the wicketkeeper batsman hit 8 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes.

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De Villiers-Gilchrist left behind

Quinton de Kock has overtaken AB de Villiers in scoring most centuries in ODIs against India. De Villiers has scored 6 centuries against Team India, while De Kock has now registered 7 centuries in his name. In this list, De Kock has jointly reached the top with Sanath Jayasuriya. At the same time, De Kock has overtaken Adam Gilchrist in terms of scoring the most centuries against one team as a wicketkeeper.

equaled Sachin

Quinton de Kock has reached par with Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring most centuries while playing on foreign soil in ODI cricket. De Kock and Sachin have now registered seven centuries each. Rohit Sharma’s name is also included in this list. De Kock has also equaled Kumar Sangakkara’s record.

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