Quinton de Kock

Quinton de Kock is a South African cricketer and former captain of the Proteas in all three formats. He currently plays for South Africa in T20 International, Titans at the domestic level, and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.

Early life

De Kock attended King Edward VII School in Johannesburg. He was spotted as a schoolboy talent and used to play for the affiliate club Old Eds. De Kock married his girlfriend, Sasha Hurly, in September 2016. They have a daughter, born in January 2022.

Domestic Career

• In the 2012 ICC Under – 19 Cricket World Cup, he scored 95 off 131 balls in South Africa’s first match against Bangladesh, which the team won by 133 runs.
• From Johannesburg, De Kock debuted for Gauteng’s senior team during the 2009 – 2010 season, aged 16, and subsequently represented the national under – 19 team at the 2012 Under – 19 World Cup.

IPL Career

• In 2013 de Kock was bought by Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad in the player auction, but failed to impress when he played.
• He signed for Delhi Daredevils for the 2014 tournament, going on to play for the side until 2017 and scoring a century in 2016.
• He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 auction and played for Mumbai Indians in the 2019 season. He was the team’s highest run scorer during their championship winning season.
• In 2021, he was drafted by Southern Brave for the inaugural season of The Hundred. He was second highest run scorer for Southern Brave, scoring 202 runs in 9 matches.
• In the 2022 IPL auction, de Kock was bought by Lucknow Super Giants. He scored his second IPL century on 18 May 2022 against the Kolkata Knight riders, with 140 runs in 70 balls.
• In April 2022, he was bought by the Southern Brave for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.

International Career

• T20I debut: for South Africa on 21 December 2012 against New Zealand
• ODI debut: for the South African side on 19 January 2013, against New Zealand at Boland Park Stadium, Paarl, South Africa
• Test debut: in February 2014 for South Africa, scoring seven runs in the first innings and 34 runs in the second innings against Australia at St George’s Oval in Port Elizabeth
• De Kock scored a match winning 112 off 135 balls on a tough batting track in Abu Dhabi in the fourth ODI to reach his maiden ODI century.
• De Kock scored his 5th ODI century knock of 128 against Sri Lanka to record their first ever ODI series win in Sri Lanka. He also scored his maiden Test fifty in the series.
• On 26 March 2023, in the second T20I against the West Indies, he scored his maiden century in T20I cricket. He completed his half – century in just 15 balls, recording the fastest fifty by a South African cricketer.

Major Achievements

• He became the fourth player to score three successive one – day centuries and the second player to score four ODI centuries before his 21st birthday.
• In his 74th ODI, against Sri Lanka on 10 February 2017, he became the fastest player to complete 12 ODI hundreds, bettering Hashim Amla, who had achieved the landmark in 81 innings.
• On 18 February 2013, in the same tournament against Cape Cobras he hit the second highest T20 score of 126 in South Africa.
• His knock of 126 is also the highest T20 score ever made by a wicketkeeper batsman in an innings (126).
• De Kock scored a match winning 112 off 135 balls on a tough batting track in Abu Dhabi in the fourth ODI to reach his maiden ODI century.
• He became only the fifth person to achieve this feat of three consecutive centuries in One Day Internationals, after Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers.
• He also became the highest run – getter ever in a three – match bilateral ODI series, breaking the previous record of Martin Guptill.
• In the 3 – match tour to Zimbabwe in August, 2014, De Kock eventually became the joint quickest batsman to reach 1000 runs in ODI cricket sharing the record with Viv Richards, Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen.
• De Kock reached a milestone as the fastest to reach 10 ODI centuries.
• On 22 July 2018 during the second test match against Sri Lanka, he went on to become the fastest wicket keeper in terms of matches (35) to take 150 test dismissals.
• On 27 January 2019 during the fourth test match against England, he broke the record for the fastest wicket keeper to make 200 dismissals (47).