Centurion: Quinton de Kock slammed his tenth ODI hundred as South Africa defeated England in the third of the five-match ODI series in Centurion on Tuesday. The win also helped the hosts to stay alive in the series after England had won the first two games.
#MomentumODI #SAvENG #ProteaFire pic.twitter.com/SH0ZE34g5L
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) February 9, 2016
De Kock, who scored 135 off 117 balls and partnered Hashim Amla (127 runs off 130 balls) for 239-run opening partnership, won the Man of the Match award as South Africa breezed past England’s 319-run total.
End of match and SA coast to victory with 21 balls to spare. De Kock 135, Amla 127 #MomentumODI #SAvENG #ProteaFire pic.twitter.com/bhHB2sm6ed
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) February 9, 2016
On his way to the match-winning hundred, de Kock surpassed Hashim Amla's record (57 innings) to notch up ten ODI hundreds.
De Kock also toppled Virat Kohli to become the youngest cricketer to have ten ODI tons against his name.
23 years, 54 days old Quinton de Kock took 75 days less than Virat Kohli to reach the landmark. The Indian right-hander had scored his tenth ODI ton when he was 23 years, 129 days old.
The Indian batsman had also taken eighty innings to score ten ODI hundreds while the diminutive South African wicketkeeper and opener achieved that feat merely in fifty five innings; twenty five innings less than Kohli.
Here is some perspective:
— Mike Haysman (@MikeHaysman) February 10, 2016
Fastest to reach 10 centuries in ODI's
De Kock - 55 innings
Virat Kohli - 80 innings pic.twitter.com/SKJqHgHwRV
Quinton de Kock, in October last year, had surpassed Kohli to equal Sachin Tendulkar’s record of scoring eight ODI tons before turning 23.
Before turning 23, Kohli had seven hundreds against his name in the 50-overs cricket; one less than de Kock.
While India’s Test captain is considered as one of the best modern day batsmen, Quinton de Kock is making a habit of beating Kohli to certain landmarks.
