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The third ODI match between India and South Africa was played in Visakhapatnam. Quinton de Kock has created history by scoring a century in this match. He has now become the batsman who has scored the most centuries as a wicketkeeper in the history of ODI cricket. This is the 23rd century of De Kock’s ODI career, he completed his century in 80 balls in the third ODI match. Also, he has completed 7 fastest centuries in ODI against India.
Most centuries as a wicketkeeper
Quinton de Kock has now equaled Kumar Sangakkara in terms of scoring most centuries as a wicketkeeper in the history of ODI cricket. Both scored 23-23 centuries. At third place in this list is Shay Hope of West Indies, who has scored 19 centuries as a wicketkeeper. Adam Gilchrist scored 16, Jos Buttler scored 11 and MS Dhoni scored 10 ODI centuries as a wicketkeeper.
23 centuries – Quinton de Kock
23 centuries – Kumar Sangakkara
19 Centuries – Shay Hope
16 centuries – Adam Gilchrist
Most centuries against India
Quinton de Kock has now become the batsman who has scored the most centuries against India in the history of ODI cricket. He has scored 7 ODI centuries against India in just 23 innings, Sanath Jayasuriya also has the same number of centuries in his name, but he had scored seven centuries in 85 innings. In this case, De Kock has reached the fastest 7 centuries against India. The names of AB de Villiers and Ricky Ponting are also in this list.
Quinton de Kock – 7 centuries (23 innings)
Sanath Jayasuriya – 7 centuries (85 innings)
AB de Villiers – 6 centuries (32 innings)
Ricky Ponting – 6 centuries (59 innings)
In this match, De Kock also completed 1000 ODI runs while playing in India. De Kock has now scored 1085 runs while playing in India. He has scored 7 centuries after coming to India.
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