ODI World Cup 2023. The 23rd match of the World Cup 2023 is being played between South Africa and Bangladesh at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting well in this match, African batsman Quinton de Kock has succeeded in scoring the 20th century of his ODI career. While opening the innings against Bangladesh, he faced a total of 140 balls. Meanwhile, he managed to score 174 runs at a strike rate of 124.28. During this period, 15 fours and seven excellent sixes came from his bat. During the match, he also made many big records, which are as follows-
De Kock became the second player to score most centuries in the World Cup as a wicket-keeper batsman:
Quinton de Kock has become the second batsman to score most centuries as a wicketkeeper batsman in the World Cup. The name of former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara comes in the first place. Sangakkara has hit maximum four sixes. De Kock has scored three centuries with his bat.
Kumar Sangakkara – Sri Lanka – four centuries
Quinton de Kock – South Africa – three centuries
AB de Villiers – South Africa – two centuries
Brendan Taylor – Zimbabwe – two centuries
5 batsmen who hit most sixes in an innings of World Cup for South Africa:
Nine Sixes – David Miller – vs Zimbabwe – Hamilton – Year 2015
Eight sixes – AB de Villiers – vs West Indies – Sydney – 2015
Eight Sixes – Heinrich Klaasen – vs Bangladesh – Mumbai – Year 2023
Seven Sixes – Herschelle Gibbs – vs Netherlands – Basseterre – 2007
Seven sixes – Quinton de Kock – vs Bangladesh, Mumbai – Year 2023
Players who have played most number of 150 plus innings as a wicketkeeper in ODI:
150 plus three times – Quinton de Kock – South Africa
Twice 150 plus – Adam Gilchrist – Australia
150 plus twice – Jos Buttler – England
Batsmen who made the highest score for South Africa in the World Cup:
188* – Gary Kirsten – vs UAE – Rawalpindi – 1996
174 – Quinton de Kock – vs Bangladesh – Mumbai – 2023
162* – AB de Villiers – vs West Indies – Sydney – 2015
161 – Andrew Hudson – vs Netherlands – Rawalpindi – 1996
159 – Hashim Amla – vs Ireland – Canberra – 2015
Players who made the highest score as a wicketkeeper in ODI:
183* – MS Dhoni – India – vs Sri Lanka – Jaipur – 2005
178 – Quinton de Kock – South Africa – vs Australia – Centurion – 2016
176 – Liton Das – Bangladesh – vs Zimbabwe – Sylhet – 2020
174 – Quinton de Kock – South Africa – vs Bangladesh – Mumbai – 2023
173* – Jaskaran Malhotra – USA – vs PNG – Al Emirates – 2021