South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock has consistently excelled in ODIs against India. On December 6 (Saturday), in the Visakhapatnam ODI, de Kock scored another masterpiece, smashing India with a century. With eight fours and six sixes, he scored 106 runs off 89 balls. This century marked his 23rd in ODI Internationals and seventh against India.
De Kock now stands at the pinnacle of the list for most centuries by a wicketkeeper in ODIs, sharing the top spot with Sri Lanka's former captain Kumar Sangakkara, who also hit 23 centuries as a wicketkeeper-batsman.
In addition to this, Quinton de Kock has become the wicketkeeper with the most centuries against a single team in ODIs, surpassing the legendary Australian Adam Gilchrist and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara. Gilchrist had tallied six ODI centuries against Sri Lanka, while Sangakkara achieved the same number against India.
Most ODI Centuries (Wicketkeeper Batsmen)
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 a Single Team (Wicketkeeper Batsmen)
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
Additionally, Quinton de Kock has now joined the first place in the list of batsmen with the most centuries against India in ODIs, sharing the honor with Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya, who also hit seven ODI centuries. In this regard, AB de Villiers, Ricky Ponting, and Kumar Sangakkara trail behind de Kock. On foreign soil, de Kock has hit seven ODI centuries.
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 the United Arab Emirates 7 - Saeed Anwar, in the United Arab Emirates 7 - AB de Villiers, in India 7 - Rohit Sharma, in England 7 - Quinton de Kock, in India
