Quinton de Kock

He became the fourth player to score three successive one-day centuries and the second player to score four ODI centuries before his 21st birthday.

Quinton de Kock (born 17 December 1992) is a South African cricketer and former captain of the Proteas in all three formats.

He currently plays for South Africa in limited overs cricket, Titans at the domestic level, and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.

From Johannesburg, De Kock debuted for Gauteng's senior team during the 2009–10 season, aged 16, and subsequently represented the national under-19 team at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup.

In April 2021, he was named in Northerns' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.

An opening batsman and wicket-keeper, de Kock made his domestic debut for the Highveld Lions during the 2012/2013 season.

He quickly caught the national selectors' eye when he starred in a match-winning partnership with Neil McKenzie in the Champions League T20 against the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

He also finished fourth on the first-class rankings, despite playing only six of the 10 matches that summer.

De Kock made his international debut in the first match of South Africa's home Twenty20 International series against the touring New Zealanders during the 2012/13 season.

He was asked to keep wickets in place of AB de Villiers, who asked to be rested.

He has since played regularly for the team at both One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) level.

In the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he scored 95 off 131 balls in South Africa's first match against Bangladesh, which the team won by 133 runs.

In the second match against Namibia, he scored 126 off 106 balls, with South Africa winning again, by 209 runs.

In the quarter-final match against England, de Kock scored only 7 runs, but performed well as wicket-keeper, recording five dismissals (two stumpings and three catches).

Overall, de Kock scored 284 runs throughout the tournament, ranking fourth for the tournament.

In the 2013 domestic twenty20 tournament in South Africa, De Kock played several good knocks to take his team Highveld Lions to the final where they won, eventually becoming the season dalla champions.

On 18 February 2013, in the same tournament against Cape Cobras he hit the second highest T20 score of 126 in South Africa.

His knock of 126 is also the highest T20 score ever made by a wicketkeeper batsman in an innings (126).

In 2013 de Kock was bought by Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad in the player auction, but failed to impress when he played.

In February 2014, he also made his Test debut for South Africa, playing solely as a batsman.

By his 20th ODI match, De Kock had already scored five centuries.

He signed for Delhi Daredevils for the 2014 tournament, going on to play for the side until 2017 and scoring a century in 2016.

Before joining the Titans in 2015, de Kock played domestic cricket for Gauteng and the Highveld Lions.

He has also played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Mumbai Indians.

Although he opens the batting in One Day International and T20 cricket, he primarily bats in the middle order in Test cricket.

He was named the Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's 2017 Annual Awards.

In his 74th ODI, against Sri Lanka on 10 February 2017, he became the fastest player to complete 12 ODI hundreds, bettering Hashim Amla, who had achieved the landmark in 81 innings.

He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018 auction and played for Mumbai Indians in the 2019 season.

He was the team's highest run scorer during their championship winning season.

In 2021, he was drafted by Southern Brave for the inaugural season of The Hundred.

He was second highest run scorer for Southern Brave, scoring 202 runs in 9 matches.

In the 2022 IPL auction, de Kock was bought by Lucknow Super Giants.

He scored his second IPL century on 18 May 2022 against the Kolkata Knight riders, with 140 runs in 70 balls.

In April 2022, he was bought by the Southern Brave for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.

In November 2023, de Kock was included in the Pakistan Super League draft.

In November 2023, de Kock was included in the Pakistan Super League draft.

In July 2020, he was named South Africa's Men's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.

In December 2020, in the series against Sri Lanka, de Kock captained South Africa for the first time in Test cricket.

De Kock attended King Edward VII School in Johannesburg.

He was spotted as a schoolboy talent and used to play for the affiliate club Old Eds.