Quinton de Kock becomes fastest wicketkeeper-batsman to score 3,000 runs in ODIs

As a batsman, Quinton de Kock became the third fastest South African to score 3,000 runs in ODIs after Hashim Amla (57 innings) and Gary Kirsten (72 innings).

South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock completed 3,000 runs in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) during the 5th and final match against Sri Lanka at Centurion. Prior to this ODI, de Kock had needed 36 more to reach the landmark. He completed his 3,000 ODI runs with a single off the final delivery in the 9th over. De Kock took 74 innings to reach this milestone. He also became the second South African wicketkeeper-batsman to score 3,000 runs in ODIs, after Mark Boucher.

As a batsman, de Kock became the third fastest South African to score 3,000 runs in ODIs after Hashim Amla (57 innings) and Gary Kirsten (72 innings). Overall, de Kock became the 13th wicketkeeper batsman to score this much in ODIs. Besides attaining the mark, de Kock’s strike-rate of 95.35 is the second best among all the wicketkeepers with 3,000 runs, after Adam Gilchrist‘s 96.94.

So far in his career, de Kock has been quite famous for being an India-basher, for his most runs have come against them. De Kock has scored 667 runs at 74.11 against India and 546 runs at 36.4 against Australia. He made his ODI debut back in December 2012 against New Zealand. Since then, he is reputed for his hard-hitting as well as his baby-faced look. After completing 3,000 runs, de Kock further went on to score another fifty, including 10 fours. This was his 10th fifty in ODIs and third against Sri Lanka. The ongoing ODI is actually a dead-rubber, as South Africa have already won the series with a lead of 4-0.

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