Senior South Africa batter Quinton de Kock was impressive with the bat as he smashed 174 runs off just 140 balls. To note, this was De Kock’s third century in the ongoing World Cup. He also broke several other records as SA posted a massive 382 runs on the board. Apart from De Kock, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller also played brilliant cameos with the bat.
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Highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODIs:
183* – MS Dhoni v Sri Lanka
178 – Quinton de Kock v Australia
176 – Litton Das v Zimbabwe
174 – Quinton de Kock v Bangladesh
Highest individual scores for South Africa in World Cups:
188* – Gary Kirsten vs UAE, Rawalpindi, 1996
174 – De Kock vs BAN, Mumbai, Today
162* – AB de Villiers vs WI, Sydney, 2015
161 – Andrew Hudson vs NED, Rawalpindi, 1996
Most 150+ scores by a WK in ODIs:
3 – De Kock
2 – Adam Gilchrist
2 – Jos Buttler
De Kock also completed his 12,000 international runs during the marathon knock. He also became th seventh South African player to score more than 12,000 international runs and now has 12,160 runs in 284 international matches. Currently, De Kock is also the top run scorer in the ongoing ODI World Cup with 411 runs in five matches in the prestigious tournament. He also has a 102.75 average with three tons.
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