Centurion de Kock made a series of records, left Gilchrist behind, equaled Jayasuriya

South African wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock has been performing brilliantly in ODI cricket against India. De Kock also played a century against India in the Visakhapatnam ODI on 6 December (Saturday). De Kock scored 106 runs in 89 balls with the help of 8 fours and 6 sixes. This was the 23rd century of De Kock’s ODI international career. His seventh century was in One Day International against India.

Quinton De Kock has now jointly reached the first position in the list of wicketkeeper batsmen who have scored most centuries in One Day Internationals. De Kock equaled former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 23 centuries in ODI cricket as a wicket-keeper batsman.

Quinton de Kock has now become the wicket-keeper batsman who has scored the most centuries against any one team in One Day Internationals. De Kock has overtaken Australian legend Adam Gilchrist and Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara. Gilchrist had scored 6 ODI centuries against Sri Lanka as a wicketkeeper. Whereas Sangakkara scored the same number of centuries in One Day International as a wicket-keeper batsman against India.

Most ODI centuries (wicketkeeper batsman)
23- Kumar Sangakkara
23- Quinton de Kock
19- Shai Hope
16- Adam Gilchrist
11- Jos Buttler
10- AB de Villiers & MS Dhoni

Most ODI centuries against one team (wicketkeeper batsman)
7- Quinton de Kock vs India
6- Adam Gilchrist vs Sri Lanka
6- Kumar Sangakkara vs India
5- Kumar Sangakkara vs Bangladesh
4- Quinton de Kock vs Sri Lanka
4- Kumar Sangakkara vs England

Not only this, Quinton de Kock has now jointly occupied the first place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries in One Day Internationals against India. Former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya also scored 7 ODI international centuries against India. AB de Villiers, Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara have lagged behind De Kock in this matter. De Kock has scored seven centuries in One Day Internationals on foreign soil.

Most ODI centuries against India
7- Quinton de Kock (23 innings)
7- Sanath Jayasuriya (85 innings)
6- AB de Villiers (32 innings)
6- Ricky Ponting (59 innings)
6- Kumar Sangakkara (71 innings)

Most ODI centuries abroad (including neutral venues)
7- Sachin Tendulkar, in United Arab Emirates
7- Saeed Anwar, in United Arab Emirates
7- AB de Villiers, in India
7- Rohit Sharma, in England
7- Quinton de Kock, in India

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