New Delhi. Today saw the performance of South Africa’s opening batsman Quinton de Kock against Sri Lanka in the fourth match of the World Cup 2023. De Kock played an innings of 100 runs off 84 balls in the match. This is his 18th career century. With this, De Kock has confirmed his place in the special club. He has moved into the top-5 in the list of fastest 18 ODI century scorers. In this matter, he has left AB de Villiers behind.
Quinton de Kock completed his 18th century in 146th ODI match and is fifth in the list of top-5 for such centuries. De Villiers, who has scored so many centuries in 159 matches, has now slipped to sixth place. On the first place in this list is Pakistan team captain Babar Azam who made this record in 97 matches.
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Where is Virat Kohli?
Quinton de Kock’s compatriot Hashim Amla is not far behind in this matter. He completed his 18th ODI century in 102 matches. Australia’s David Warner is third with 115 matches. While Virat Kohli is at the fourth position with 119 matches.
Rasi shared a 204-run partnership with van der Dusen
Talking about today’s match, Quinton de Kock scored runs at a strike rate of 119. He hit three sixes and 12 fours in the innings against Sri Lanka. He put on a 204-run partnership with Rasi van der Dusen 108 (110) for the second wicket, which saw South Africa set Sri Lanka a mammoth target of 429 to win.
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Tags: AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock, Virat Kohli, World Cup 2023
First published: October 7, 2023, 18:34 IST