Quinton de Kock created a new record in ODI by scoring a century against India

Visakhapatnam: South Africa’s wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock has set a new milestone in the ongoing third ODI against India in Visakhapatnam. De Kock equaled his century in 80 balls in this match.

After failing in the previous two matches, De Kock made a tremendous impact with his batting in the third ODI. By scoring a century in his innings, he completed the 23rd century of his ODI career.

Quinton de Kock’s century innings

De Kock displayed excellent batting and completed his century in just 80 balls. In this innings, he faced a total of 89 balls and scored 106 runs, which included 8 fours and 6 sixes from his bat.

De Kock’s new record

This was his 7th century of his ODI career against India. With this, he has made a special record in his name. De Kock has now become the wicket-keeper batsman to score the most centuries against any one team.

He has scored 7 centuries against India, whereas earlier this record was in the name of Adam Gilchrist, who had scored 6 centuries against Sri Lanka. Kumar Sangakkara is at third place in this list, who has scored 6 centuries against India and 5 against Bangladesh.

Most centuries against one team

• Quinton de Kock – 7 vs India
• Adam Gilchrist – 6 vs Sri Lanka
• Kumar Sangakkara – 6 vs India
• Kumar Sangakkara – 5 vs Bangladesh
• Quinton de Kock – 4 vs Sri Lanka
• Kumar Sangakkara – 4 vs England

List of centuries abroad

Now De Kock’s name has also been added to the record of most centuries on foreign grounds in ODI cricket. This category includes Sachin Tendulkar to Rohit Sharma. De Kock’s figure of 7 centuries in India has now been included in this list.

Apart from this, Tendulkar has scored 7 centuries in UAE, while Rohit Sharma has scored 7 centuries in England. AB de Villiers is also included in this list, who opened the account of 7 centuries in India.