ODI World Cup 2023: Quinton de Kock breaks plenty of records with a brilliant 174 vs Bangladesh

Quinton de Kock played a breathtaking knock to help South Africa pile up a massive total against Bangladesh on Tuesday. This is his third century of the ODI World Cup 2023. He finished with 174 off 140 balls to smash multiple records at the ODI World Cup. De Kock has now registered the highest score for a designated wicketkeeper in the ICC event. The Proteas opener surpassed Australia's Adam Gilchrist, who smashed 149 in the 2007 ODI World Cup final against Sri Lanka.

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De Kock hits third century of the World Cup

De Kock scored the second-highest individual score for South Africa in World Cup cricket. He was unable to surpass Gary Kirsten, who played a record knock of 188* against UAE in the 1996 World Cup. Former India captain Dhoni holds the record for the highest individual score (183*) by a wicketkeeper in ODIs.

This was De Kock's third 150-plus score as a designated wicketkeeper in ODIs. No wicketkeeper-batter has registered more 150-plus scores than him in the 50-over format. He helped South Africa becoming the first team to record three 350-plus scores in a single edition of a World Cup.

Quinton smashed 7 sixes and 15 fours in his knock of 174 at the Wankhede Stadium. He has now gotten past Rohit Sharma (311) and Virat Kohli (354) in the list of batters with most runs at the ODI World Cup 2023. The South African batter has scored 407 runs in 5 games of the ongoing WC and sitting at the top of most run scorers list.