South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock scored a century during the third and final ODI against India at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, December 6. Proteas fans were delighted with the left-handed batsman’s century against the match-winning Indian bowling attack.
KL Rahul chose to bowl in the third ODI, ending India’s 20-match long streak of losing the toss. Arshdeep Singh made the initial strike with the new ball. Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma rescued South Africa well, adding 113 runs from 121 balls for the second wicket. Despite the fall of early wickets, De Kock scored runs at a fast pace.
Quinton de Kock completed his century by hitting a six off Harshit Rana.
Quinton de Kock completed his century in the 30th over. The left-handed batsman reached this milestone by hitting a six off Harshit Rana. The entire South African camp applauded him and Virat Kohli, who was featured on the cover, was also seen clapping for the South African opener.
After struggling with the movement of the new ball, de Kock settled down and dominated the innings with an impeccable display of stroke play. The wicketkeeper-batsman completed his century in just 80 balls.
With the innings of the opener, the visitors put themselves in a strong position to post a huge score in the first innings. The dew factor in the second innings could also be an important consideration for South Africa when setting targets.
Quinton de Kock equals Sanath Jayasuriya’s record of most ODI centuries against India
Quinton de Kock scored his seventh ODI century against India. He now has the joint-most ODI centuries against India in the 50-over format. With the century, he equaled Sanath Jayasuriya’s tally of seven centuries against the Men in Blue.
The Sri Lankan legend took 85 innings to score seven centuries, while De Kock needed only 23 innings. He has left behind Ricky Ponting, AB de Villiers and Kumar Sangakkara, who have six each.
De Kock has scored 23 ODI centuries as the designated wicketkeeper. He shares the top spot with Kumar Sangakkara for most ODI centuries by a wicketkeeper in cricket history. The list of wicketkeepers also includes Shai Hope, Adam Gilchrist, Jos Buttler, AB de Villiers and MS Dhoni.
Fans applaud Quinton de Kock for century against India in Visakhapatnam
Virat Kohli clapping for De Kock pic.twitter.com/xPqI7Q416N
– Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 6 December 2025
How TF de Kock scored 7 out of 23 centuries against India? pic.twitter.com/jyR8DHyZJq
– Botzinger (@msaleem333) 6 December 2025
What a knock
De Kock was out after scoring a brilliant 106 runs!
South Africa’s batting powerhouse is on
#SAvsIND #proteas #decock, pic.twitter.com/ySdBuqIpk7
– Mera Gurgaon News (@MeraGurgaonNews) 6 December 2025
ODI No. 23 for Quinton de Kock and he loves batting against India!
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)#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/bRODvwfwQS– Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) 6 December 2025
Covid kids don’t know what that sweet looking 20 year old Quinton de Kock did for the Indian team when he played against us for the first time. pic.twitter.com/JTVzaT5ejE
– Rajeev (@Rajeev1841) 6 December 2025
De Kock scored 7 centuries in just 23 innings against India. A top member of the left-handed opener’s club who has plagued the Indian team.
– Pagalite ∆ (@Backhand_Slice_) 6 December 2025
No designated wicketkeeper now has more ODI centuries than Quinton de Kock.
He reached 23rd place in just 161 games.Equal to Sangakkara at the top.
For context, Sangakkara reached 23rd position in 360 matches.#IndvSA pic.twitter.com/Ue4PRoOV6n– House_of_Cricket (@Houseof_Cricket) 6 December 2025
Quinton de Kock loves scoring centuries against India. He is a beast against us. Quality knock in the series decider. pic.twitter.com/yUir75WAN9
– Ratneesh (@LoyalSachinFan) 6 December 2025
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