De Kock equaled Dhoni (Photo: PTI)
Quinton De Kock equals MS Dhoni Record: It is said that a player leaves the game but does not forget to play. And, the best example of this is South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, who made a comeback after 2 years of retirement in the ODI series that ended against Pakistan. But what a game he showed. He played as if he had never moved away from the ODI format of cricket. South Africa’s wicketkeeper batsman returned from retirement and scored 239 runs in the ODI series played on Pakistan tour. But, the matter did not end there. After that, like Dhoni, he also made a world record.
De Kock scored 239 runs with 30 sixes and fours.
South Africa lost the 3-match ODI series against Pakistan 1-2. The result was certainly not in favor of the team. But, Quinton de Kock emerged as the hero of this series. He scored 239 runs in 3 ODIs of the series. Quinton de Kock scored these runs at an average of 119.50 with 2 half-centuries and 1 century. De Kock hit 30 sixes and fours in the ODI series against Pakistan, which included 20 fours and 10 sixes.
De Kock equaled Dhoni’s world record
First ODI series after returning from retirement, and in that itself, a strong performance as a wicketkeeper batsman. Seeing this amazing performance of De Kock, he was chosen Player of the Series. With this he equaled Dhoni’s world record. This tie is about winning the most Player of the Series awards in ODI as a wicket-keeper batsman.
Dhoni – De Kock did this miracle 7-7 times
Till now in ODI cricket, maximum 7 Player of Series awards have been won by MS Dhoni as wicketkeeper batsman. He achieved this success in 350 matches played in his career. Now Quinton de Kock has equaled Dhoni. He also won the 7th Player of the Series award of his ODI career against Pakistan. However, De Kock has won 7 Player of Series awards in only 159 matches.