De Kock has now joined an unique membership, changing into solely the third participant within the historical past of the event to attain 4 centuries in a single version.The opposite two cricketers to realize this exceptional feat have been Kumar Sangakkara in the course of the 2015 version in Australia and Rohit Sharma in the course of the 2019 event in England.
De Kock, who hit tons of towards Sri Lanka, Australia and Bangladesh, introduced up his twenty first ODI ton in 103 balls with the assistance of 8 fours and three sixes.
De Kock, who survived a few shut possibilities, reached his hundred in fashion as he dispatched James Neesham for a biggie over lengthy leg.
Needing 69 runs to realize this landmark, de Kock made his method to the 500-run mark in the course of the match after being despatched to bat. Displaying spectacular kind, he reached the milestone with a leg-side boundary off Tim Southee after finishing a 62-ball fifty, inclusive of three boundaries and two sixes.
De Kock’s current innings have been exceptional, notably scoring 109 towards Australia and a colossal 174 towards Bangladesh. The South African staff has encountered only one loss of their six video games on the event to date.
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The 30-year-old participant maintains an impressive common of over 85 on this World Cup and has introduced his retirement from one-day worldwide cricket after the conclusion of this event.
Presently, de Kock leads the run chart on the World Cup adopted by the likes of Australia’s David Warner (413 runs) and New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra (406 runs).
(With AFP inputs)
