New Delhi: Quinton de Kock Birthday, the legendary and great wicketkeeper-batsman of South Africa, has a birthday today i.e. on December 17. He plays in all formats of cricket for the South Africa national cricket team. People also know him by the name of Quini. He also plays for Titans domestically and Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is a very brilliant batsman, who has led his team to victory many times.
South African cricketer Quinton de Kock is well-known for opening the innings in ODIs and T20 leagues. However, he mainly plays as a middle-order batsman in the longest format. De Kock wanted to play baseball as a child, but his father inspired him to pursue cricket. He joined the South Africa Under-19 team during his school days. Then in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he scored 284 runs in 6 matches, which was South Africa’s highest scorer.
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Quinton de Kock’s achievements
- De Kock is the third fastest batsman to score 1000 runs in ODIs (as of April 2021), having managed to score this score in 21 innings.
- In February 2020, de Kock became the fastest South African cricketer to score a fifty in T20Is, achieving the feat in just 17 balls.
- He created a world record in January 2020 by becoming the fastest wicketkeeper to take 200 Test wickets (45 matches), breaking the record held by Adam Gilchrist (47 matches).
- During a Test against Sri Lanka in 2018, he became the fastest wicketkeeper to take 150 Test dismissals (in 34 matches). Which was later broken by Tim Paine in 2020.
- At Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) annual awards in 2017, de Kock won five major titles, including South African Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year, ODI Cricketer of the Year, SA Players Player of the Year and SA Fans. Are included.’ He has also won the title of Player of the Year.
- During the first ODI of South Africa’s tour of Australia in September 2016, de Kock became the second-highest individual run-scorer in an innings as a wicketkeeper, scoring 178 runs off 113 balls.
- De Kock became the fastest South African cricketer to reach 1000 ODI runs in the second ODI during Zimbabwe’s tour of South Africa on 19 August 2014.