By Admin 
Quinton de Kock Was Also Dismissed By Off Spinner Against New Zealand: The first semi-final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 was played between South Africa and New Zealand on 4 March. In this great match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, South African wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock did something which is very difficult to believe. This player was out on the off-spinner’s ball for the fourth consecutive time in this tournament. De Kock lost his wicket by playing a very bad shot in the semi-final match against New Zealand. He became the victim of off-spinner Cole McConkie.
Quinton de Kock surrendered against the off spinner
In the semi-final match against New Zealand, Quinton de Kock had hit a brilliant six in the very first over, but his game ended in the second over of the match. De Kock was caught out on the boundary line while trying to hit a big shot on the ball of off-spinner McConkie. The surprising thing here is that De Kock was seen getting stuck against the off-spinners in the entire tournament, but despite this he tried to play big shots forcibly against McConkie, due to which he had to suffer the consequences.
Quinton de Kock looked defeated against the off-spinner
In the first semi-final of this T20 World Cup against New Zealand, Quinton de Kock did not become the victim of an off-spinner for the first time, but this wicketkeeper batsman has been out on the ball of an off-spinner a total of four times. In this T20 World Cup, De Kock could score only 54 runs in 44 balls against the spinners and gave away his wicket four times. De Kock’s average against off-spinners in the T20 World Cup 2026 was only 13.5 and he also played 20 dot balls against off-spinners.
Quinton de Kock has a very poor record at Eden Gardens.
Quinton de Kock has a very poor record at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. He has been able to score only 95 runs in a total of 10 innings on this ground. His strike rate at Eden Gardens has been just 110.46. His best score is just 28 runs. It is clear from this that De Kock’s bat does not work against off-spinners and on the ground of Eden Gardens.