Quinton de Kock finally breached the double-figure mark in the ODI series against India and slammed a record-breaking century in the third game in Vizag. de Kock had announced his ODI retirement after the 2023 World Cup. He recently made his ODI return against Pakistan. While he slammed two half-centuries and a century against the Men in Green, de Kock was struggling against India. He finally returned to form and slammed 106 off 89 balls.
de Kock achieved plenty of records en route to his century. Here, we have a look at the records Quinton de Kock achieved in his first century against India in his ‘second innings’ –
de Kock created history and became the batsman with the most ODI centuries in bilateral series against India. de Kock now has seven centuries in bilateral series against India. He went past AB de Villiers, who scored 6 centuries.
de Kock equalled de Villiers’ record of most ODI centuries by a visitor in India. Both have seven centuries in India. de Villiers retired from international cricket in 2018.
With seven centuries, de Kock now holds the record for scoring most centuries by a wicketkeeper-batsman against a team in ODIs. He is followed by Adam Gilchrist and Kumar Sangakkara.
de Kock now has the joint-most ODI centuries against India. He shares the top spot with Sanath Jayasuriya. The Sri Lankan legend slammed seven centuries against India.
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de Kock now has the joint-most ODI centuries by a visiting player in Asia. He has 10 centuries in 41 innings. He shares the top spot with de Villiers. They are followed by Chris Gayle, who hit eight centuries.
de Kock now has the joint-most ODI centuries in India-South Africa matches. He is in the top position with Virat Kohli. Virat, who slammed centuries in first two ODIs, can go past de Kock during India’s chase.
