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Quinton de Kock retires from ODI cricket: South Africa’s explosive opening batsman and wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has retired from ODI cricket. He played his last ODI in the World Cup 2023 semi-final against Australia on Thursday night. De Kock announced his retirement from the format before the start of the World Cup, although he will continue to play T20 cricket for South Africa. Let us tell you that de Kock has already retired before the Test. De Kock’s departure from ODI cricket was a sad one as his team suffered another defeat in the semi-finals. This time in the World Cup, the team known as the Chokers had a great chance to remove this tag, but the team surrendered easily to the Kangaroos. South Africa lost by 3 wickets in the semi-final.
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Quinton de Kock made this world record while leaving
Quinton de Kock set a major world record in the World Cup before his retirement. He scored 594 runs with the help of 3 centuries in 10 matches played in this World Cup. He was the highest run-scorer for South Africa in the tournament, apart from this he also excelled at wicket-keeping and took a total of 20 wickets. De Kock became the first wicketkeeper in the world to score 500-plus runs in an ODI World Cup with 20 dismissals. Yes, the record for most dismissals by a wicket keeper in the World Cup is held by Adam Gilchrist who made a total of 21 dismissals in 2003. In this World Cup, de Kock had a chance to match Gilchrist, but he dropped a catch to Pat Cummins at the end of the Australian innings, which also proved to be the turning point of the match.
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Quinton de Kock’s ODI International Career
Quinton de Kock scored 6770 runs at a best average of 45.74 in 155 matches played in ODI cricket for South Africa. During this time his highest score was 178 runs. De Kock crossed the 50-run mark a total of 51 times in his ODI career, including 21 centuries. He is one of the greatest South African wicket keepers of all time.