Cricket South Africa (CSA) on September 17 (Sunday) shared a heartwarming tribute video for one of their superstar cricketers, Quinton de Kock, who featured in his last international ODI match at home. The wicketkeeper-batter had earlier announced a shock retirement from ODI cricket on the same day when the Proteas' World Cup squad was revealed. The 30-year-old is part of South Africa's World Cup squad and the tournament in India will be his last in ODI cricket.
As De Kock featured in his last ODI on home soil on Sunday, the CSA found an opportune moment to appreciate the left-handed batter's contribution to the team's success in ODIs.
Watch the video here:
The left-handed stylish batter scored 27 runs off 39 balls with the help of four boundaries before getting dismissed by Nathan Ellis in the fifth and final ODI of the series against Australia.
Talking about the southpaw's ODI career, he has scored 6,176 runs in 145 matches with the help of 17 centuries and 30 fifties. De Kock's has an average of 44.75 and a strike rate of 95.75.
De Kock is the first South African wicketkeeper-batter to score 6,000 runs in ODIs. Overall, he became the fifth wicketkeeper-batter to reach the milestone in ODIs. Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (13,341), India's MS Dhoni (10,773), Australia's Adam Gilchrist (9,410) and Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim (7,388) are the other wicketkeeper-batter's to achieve the landmark.
Earlier in December 2021, De Kock had announced his surprise retirement from Test cricket after a loss to Virat Kohli-led India in the Centurion Test. In Test cricket, he has scored 3,300 runs from 91 innings at an average of 38.82 including six centuries and 22 half-centuries.
South Africa World Cup squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.
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